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Letter to Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards

Francis Beresford   /   Letters   /   20 March 2012

'I am sure you will find no verifiable information either in the Ministry of Justice records or elsewhere that Public Service Interpreters in this country have in fact been earning £100,000 a year from their work for MOJ'

CrimeLine survey reveals extent of problem with arranging interpreters in criminal cases

CrimeLine   /   Analysis and Comment   /   20 March 2012

'CrimeLine asked its 18,000 readers to report back in relation to criminal cases involving the use of an appointed interpreter during the week 12th – 16th March 2012'

Ex-ALS: No longer interested

Collator   /   Analysis and Comment   /   19 March 2012

'ALS has contacted me many times and I have informed them many times that I do not wish to work for them but they keep calling me'

Applied Language Solutions: I say ‘Tomato’

Iain Palmer, Free Movement   /   Analysis and Comment   /   19 March 2012

I say ‘Tomato’, interpreter says ‘Potato’. I say ‘Potato’, interpreter says ‘Tomato’. Tomato. Potato. Potato? Tomato? Everyone thinks I’ve given inconsistent evidence, my credibility is shot to pieces, I’ve lost my case.


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