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New Inquiry: Interpretation and Translation services and the Applied Language Solutions contract

Justice Committee   /   News   /   18 July 2012

The Justice Select Committee is launching a call for written evidence on the provision of interpretation and translation services since Applied Language Solutions (ALS) began operating as the Ministry of Justice’s sole contractor for language services in February 2012

Stand-in and a beautician act as ALS interpreters in a murder trial

Collator   /   HMCTS Interpreting Reports   /   18 July 2012

A murder trial should be a serious process with grave responsibility for all taking part. So can an unassessed stand-in and a beautician be used instead of an interpreter?

Outsourcing is not fit for purpose

Involvis   /   News   /   17 July 2012

It is clear that outsourcing provides unacceptable standards of service and higher costs, and is now questionable as a means of managing public services

I registered with ALS with fake details and got 12 job offers

Registrant   /   Analysis and Comment   /   17 July 2012

'After reading about Jajo the rabbit I decided to register with ALS. I had (have) no intention of working for them. I only wanted to see how far I could go and how incompetent ALS is'


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