Analysis and Comment
Framework Fantasies: modern technology which doesn't work
'If this were a private business, not a ministry funded by the tax-payer’s money, the contract would have been shelved ages ago and the chief executive sacked'
Is the new court interpreting system open to abuse?
ALS linguist admits always claiming at least 3 hours as 'there are no forms that the court must sign in support of the linguist's finishing time'
ALS performance: wrong trend
If ALS were becoming more successful at covering the requests from its main client - HMCTS, interpreters not signed with them would be getting fewer offers of work from the courts direct. Evidence suggests this is not happening.
Geoffrey Buckingham, APCI, speaks at TRAFUT (Training for the Future) workshop in Helsinki, 15 June 2012
'How can I or any British subject attend any meeting of this type and look you all in the eye?'
