HMCTS Interpreting Reports
Defendant turns out to be ex-ALS ‘linguist’
'[...] the defence interpreter told me that his friend - the defendant (who needed an interpreter), used to work for ALS, but they never paid him, so he stopped providing his services to them'
More Wasted Costs
'Applied Language Solutions are a commercial company which procured a multi-million pound contract. They need to be held accountable when they accept a booking to attend court; failure to attend is a clear breach of the contract.'
Case adjourned due to translation concerns
'She made a number of omissions and was terribly inaccurate though not misleading'
Defendant gets sentenced without ALS interpreter
There is no justice and there is no shame. It is all about saving a few pounds and ignoring the basic rights. It makes me think even harder and wonder "what's next?"
