HMCTS Interpreting Reports
Norwich Crown Court: ALS linguist complains to court about pay
'What a blatant false promise by ALS, and such gullibility from the MoJ...'
Solicitor gets a Lithuanian speaker from the street to interpret in court
How can the Ministry of Justice and the HMCTS possibly explain this overnight drop in their requirements for court interpreting? Do walls have ears? Do people have eyes?
ALS used my details and allocated a booking without consent
'It is very disturbing, the more so as it is apparent that they had used my details without my knowledge or permission and in the process even given me a fictitious address'
Urdu or Punjabi - no difference, ALS linguist can only say one sentence every 5 minutes
'How can ALS claim that they only employ qualified linguists, all RPSIs apparently, if this particular linguist is not even aware of this crucial interpreting technique and still gets to interpret for Crown Courts?!'
