Lost in Translation – Court Facing Interpreter Issues
SOLICITORS in Boston have argued a new court interpreter service is interfering with justice and human rights, after it caused serious problems to a number of cases.
The contract between the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and Manchester-based company Applied Language Solutions (ALS) only came into being at the beginning of the month, but since then numerous cases have been affected.
Many interpreters have not arrived, others have come late, and in one case in another part of the county, the interpreter who arrived did not speak the necessary language.
