All articles
Is the new court interpreting system open to abuse?
ALS linguist admits always claiming at least 3 hours as 'there are no forms that the court must sign in support of the linguist's finishing time'
ALS performance: wrong trend
If ALS were becoming more successful at covering the requests from its main client - HMCTS, interpreters not signed with them would be getting fewer offers of work from the courts direct. Evidence suggests this is not happening.
Geoffrey Buckingham, APCI, speaks at TRAFUT (Training for the Future) workshop in Helsinki, 15 June 2012
'How can I or any British subject attend any meeting of this type and look you all in the eye?'
Evidence shows MoJ has created a monopoly
Such monopolies threaten our free market. Economists call it Government supported mono-supply. Such incomplete competition causes a deadweight social loss, i.e. overall, the Government pays a higher price for the service than would exist under pure competition.
