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ALS interpreters contract facing renewed scrutiny
The deal between the Ministry of Justice and the private company contracted to provide court interpreters is to face scrutiny from parliamentary watchdogs, as cases continue to be disrupted by poor performance and non-attendance of interpreters
A chat with an ALS linguist: courts may use NRPSI direct again
'I managed to talk to the court staff, too. They said they'd never seen such an astonishing number of double bookings, no shows and other cock-ups in the whole of their working life.'
A Predictable Crisis
Professional interpreters anticipated the current problems affecting court interpreting, says Marc Starr – our skills are not easily replaced
Court Interpreting Statistics Collected by ALS
'This simply beggars belief and shows yet another fundamental flaw in this whole absurd system'
