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Courts need to be clearly understood
Judge Jonathan Durham Hall did not hold back when he criticised failings in the new system to provide translators during court proceedings for both defendants and witnesses, branding one particular instance a ‘disgrace’
Court interpreter cuts 'leading to miscarriages of justice'
The lack of qualified legal interpreters is creating miscarriages of justice, according to legal interpreter campaign group Interpreters for Justice (IFJ)
The Week That Was – 30th March 2012
The problems come after the government awarded the interpreter contract to Applied Language Solutions, which took over on January 30.
Concern over translation in court by Peterborough magistrates
A senior magistrate says putting a private firm in charge of the court translation service is undermining the administration of justice
