Analysis and Comment
If I remember rightly, the government recently claimed that ALS had increased its fulfilment rate to around 90%. Where did that figure come from if central records of non-attendances aren't being kept - from ALS itself?
The tribulations of Applied Language Solutions (ALS) are everywhere in the blogosphere these days. It remains to be seen whether the company will hold on to its monopoly of court interpreting services in England and Wales despite its dismal performance to date.
'It would be funny if it wasn’t so sad… How much longer?'
'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'