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Centre for Crime and Justice Studies   /   Analysis and Comment   /   21 March 2014

'Only 280 interpreters were ready for work when the new system went live. The Ministry of Justice had estimated that 1,200 were needed. Capita met just 58 per cent of bookings, leading to a sharp rise in trial delays.'

Qualitas Project   /   Analysis and Comment   /   13 March 2014

Qualitas Project country profile for the United Kingdom

Dobitoc   /   Analysis and Comment   /   12 March 2014

'Cambridgeshire Police carefully calibrated the terms and conditions of interpreter assignments in order to complement their reductions in hourly pay'

Aisha Maniar   /   Analysis and Comment   /   21 February 2014

A translator and human rights activist analyses the ongoing issues thrown up by the privatisation of court interpreting services by the Ministry of Justice