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Taxpayers hit by £2m per month bill for translators
Experts who speak 226 tongues, dialects and who can sign for deaf foreigners have been employed for criminal, civil and family hearings.
Capita still falls short on court interpreting
Nearly four years after the outsourcing of courtroom interpreting to a single contractor, the service continues to fall short of its key performance target, according to the latest government figures.
Can a Tribunal hearing continue without an interpreter when one is requested?
In the case of Hak v St Christopher’s Fellowship the claimant, who had some understanding of English, requested the assistance of an interpreter in advance of the tribunal hearing. Unfortunately there were no interpreters available on the day of the hearing.
Home Office drops plans to cut interpreter wages after boycott threat
The one-day mass action threatened by the pool of more than 2,000 interpreters could have brought the processing of immigration claims to a standstill.
