HMCTS Interpreting Reports
Surge in foreign criminals doubles demand for court interpreters
Translation services have failed to keep pace with the increased requirements, leading to delays in trials, while costs have doubled since 2020
Cases collapsed in chaos at Basildon and Southend courts
A flooded courthouse, a collapsed interpreter and a runaway defendant granted bail.
Man charged after Churchill statue vandalism has hearing adjourned for an interpreter to attend
The case was adjourned to Monday at the same court so a Dutch interpreter can be provided.
Failed asylum seeker’s sex assault trial abandoned after no interpreter found
The judge said that The Big Word, the firm responsible for supplying interpreters to the courts, was unable to source an interpreter because “one is ill and one is not answering his phone”.
