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The Sunday Times: Justice is lost in translation turmoil
The National Audit Office has launched a new investigation into the Ministry of Justice’s outsourcing of court interpreters, after nearly 10,000 complaints about the service offered by contractor Capita
Bradford Crown Court judge hits out at interpreting service as case delayed again
A judge has hit out at an interpreting service for twice failing to provide a Polish speaker to help two women being sentenced at Bradford Crown Court for keeping a brothel in the city
Interpreter complaints increasing and costing millions
A Ministry of Justice report has published details of 9,800 complaints about its court interpreting contract, with the report revealing that the numbers and frequency of complaints have increased this year
Under-performing outsourcing companies should be subject to fines and bans from future contracts, NAO says
Scale of outsourcing to Serco, Capita, Atos and G4S prompts fears that firms are becoming too big to fail
