Analysis and Comment
'It seems to me that the MOJ cannot stomach the fact that interpreters, the vast majority of whom are foreign, should be earning more than the minimum wage and enjoy a reasonable standard of living'
The ALS/Capita contract for justice sector interpreting in the UK has met with fierce and justified criticism – in the press, on the streets and most recently in Parliament
'There is an ongoing fiasco occurring in our courts at the moment. It is a situation that has the potential to turn into both a financial and judicial disaster.'
The farcical story of how a Delboy character managed to bring the whole of the UK justice system to a virtual halt after he persuaded government ministers to hand over a £300 million contract to a company he set up in his own bedroom is still rumbling on
