News
L of a farce as taxpayer faces £3,000 translation bill over theft of 10p carrier bags
Taxpayers have been left with a £3,000 bill when a Lithuanian was prosecuted for stealing two plastic bags worth 10p each - and a Latvian speaker was sent to translate for him
Court interpreter contract ‘unacceptable’ – top family judge
The head of the Family Division has branded arrangements for providing court interpreters ‘unacceptable’ after he was forced to abandon a final adoption hearing as no one attended to translate for Slovak-speaking parents
Court translator costs double in a year: Taxpayers' bill now more than £15million after service was outsourced in move branded as shambolic by MPs
The cost to the taxpayer of hiring court interpreters has almost doubled to £15.5million in just one year, according to official figures
Solicitor 'fuming' after no interpreter turns up at Grimsby court again
Cases against two east European men had to be adjourned for a third time – because no interpreter had attended court to help them understand what was being said
