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Court cases hampered by translation failures
Up to 50 court cases a day were delayed or postponed because of failures by a translation contractor to provide an adequate service
Official statistics reveal ALS performance shortfall
Three months into its contract to provide court interpreters Applied Language Solutions (ALS) was not meeting its performance targets, statistics published today reveal
The MoJ issues figures on interpreting services in court
ALS still failing to meet its contract targets three months after it took over responsibility for providing interpreters to all courts in England and Wales
Judiciary express concern about court interpreting
The Judiciary has begun to speak out against the private contract for court interpreting awarded by the Ministry of Justice to Applied Language Solutions, owned by Capita, which came into operation on 30th January 2012
