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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
Dragon reject ‘sparks court chaos’
An interpreting company run by a man whose investment pitch was rejected on the television show Dragons’ Den has been accused of bringing chaos to court proceedings
Foreign suspects are being released from police custody due to lack of interpreters
Foreign crime suspects are being released from police stations before they are questioned because cost-cutting has caused a shortage of interpreters
