HMCTS Interpreting Reports
Bournemouth Magistrates’: ALS Failings
Court staff shocked by how badly the new contract is managed
The new system just does not work
'I attended the court and the court staff told me that they were regularly having problems with ALS interpreters not attending or not being capable of doing the job'
Observation of performance of Polish ALS interpreters in a Magistrates Court
Personal conversations and multiple incorrect translations in court
Tier 3 linguist in action, Skegness Magistrates' Court
'Luckily the defendant could understand some English and therefore was replying to the questions that he was asked and not the ones that were interpreted to him'