HMCTS Interpreting Reports
Cases collapsed in chaos at Basildon and Southend courts
A flooded courthouse, a collapsed interpreter and a runaway defendant granted bail.
Man charged after Churchill statue vandalism has hearing adjourned for an interpreter to attend
The case was adjourned to Monday at the same court so a Dutch interpreter can be provided.
Failed asylum seeker’s sex assault trial abandoned after no interpreter found
The judge said that The Big Word, the firm responsible for supplying interpreters to the courts, was unable to source an interpreter because “one is ill and one is not answering his phone”.
No Kurdish interpreter available
A plea hearing was adjourned today after no Kurdish interpreter was available for Ahmadi. A three-week trial is scheduled for March 2026.
