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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
Plan to cut spending on court interpreters leads to farce
Rethink prompted after solicitors resort to Google Translate to understand their clients
ALS interpreters contract facing renewed scrutiny
The deal between the Ministry of Justice and the private company contracted to provide court interpreters is to face scrutiny from parliamentary watchdogs, as cases continue to be disrupted by poor performance and non-attendance of interpreters
Southampton run into procurement conflict of interest issues
'[...] I don’t think I’d let Capita anywhere near management of the procurement process if they’re also a bidder'
