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Daily Mail: Court translators who listed a DOG in its staff is fined just £2,200 despite errors that let criminals walk free

Daily Mail   /   News   /   16 December 2012

A courtroom translation firm that had a dog listed on its books has been fined 'a risible' £2,200, despite letting cases collapse and criminals walk free because it could not provide qualified interpreters

Judge passes a wasted costs order against court contractor Applied Language Solutions

The Oxford Times   /   News   /   15 December 2012

'The judge also passed a wasted costs order against court contractor Applied Language Solutions after the firm failed to send translators to two earlier court hearings'

The Guardian: More trials being disrupted over interpreter failings

The Guardian   /   News   /   14 December 2012

Inability to provide sufficient interpreters to meet demand is impacting on delivery of justice, says select committee

The Independent: MPs dismayed by 'total chaos' of £42m lost in translation

The Independent   /   News   /   14 December 2012

Outsourcing of courts' interpreter service was 'an object lesson in how not to do it'


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