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UK’s court interpreters fear cost-cutting is threatening fair trials
Outsourcing has lowered the standard of language services available, professionals claim
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Asked by Baroness Coussins
Asked on: 14 October 2019
Ministry of Justice
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HL20
To ask Her Majesty's Government when the contract with thebigword to provide interpreting and translation services in the criminal justice system will be reviewed.
Roma victims of crime in Glasgow 'struggle to gain justice'
MORE must be done to help Glasgow's Roma community access justice, a leading prosecutor has said.
Police interpreter was in pay of Vietnamese drugs gang
Police have issued an alert after an interpreter who worked in the justice system for 16 years was found to be in the pay of a drugs gang.
Kim Tran, 49, was exposed as she helped detectives after the arrest of a Vietnamese gang last year.
