HMCTS Interpreting Reports
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'
Could not plea until 5th time
'This could have been resolved far sooner but instead the client spent a month needlessly remanded in custody with no idea what was going on'
