HMCTS Interpreting Reports
Given a Fine but will he Pay it if he Understood Nothing?
'This was a depressingly familiar tale in the last 2 weeks in courts when attempts are made to deal with matters without interpreters'
Are Appeals Inevitable?
'Could such bad interpreting substantiate grounds for an appeal?'
Interesting journey – the making of an ALS interpreter
'Shall I then conclude that it only takes a plane ticket to become an ALS interpreter and next day you can interpret in the Magistrates' and Crown Courts in the UK?'
Trial Halted at Leeds Crown Court as No Interpreter Present
'Both, the defence barrister and the judge agreed that the ALS interpreter struggled with his English'