HMCTS Interpreting Reports
Prosecutors drop charges against Oxford 'cannabis farmer' teen
Prosecutors dropped charges against a cannabis farmer who claimed to have been enslaved into the drugs trade - and whose lawyer was forced to use Google Translate after an interpreter failed to show-up for a second time.
Norfolk murder case adjourned as no interpreter in court
The case of a man accused of murdering his wife has been adjourned as there was no interpreter to translate proceedings for him.
No interpreter means lawyer forced to use Google Translate
An advocate said he had battled to communicate with his cannabis farmer-accused client using Google Translate – as no interpreter was available.
Case postponed twice because court didn’t organise Spanish interpreter
An officer at South London Magistrates Courts said: “I am unable to give you a specific reason as to why an interpreter wasn’t arranged on both occasions but more often than not we book them but the agency that we use are unable to provide.”
