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As UK interpreters strike, Google “scabs”
Around 1,000 interpreters have not been turning up to court because of the reduced pay and expenses offered by ALS
Judge: Absence of interpreters becoming problem
A crown court judge has publicly criticised a company for failing to supply interpreters on time for criminal cases involving foreign defendants
Law society member calls for a "red card" to ALS (audio)
After chaos supplying interpreters to West Midlands Police, Malcolm Fowler of the Law Society, says the company responsible, Applied Language Solutions, should be shown the "red card"
Outsourcing forces untrained translators on courts, campaigners say
The Ministry of Justice's decision to outsource public service interpreting is leading to unqualified people being used as interpreters in court, campaigners said today
