May 01, 2012
Interview
with David Radford
HHJ Radford is resident judge at Snaresbrook Crown Court. He spoke to
Malcolm Duxbury.
Q: Have you been having any
difficulties with interpreters recently?
A: Yes, most certainly. In this building, we have been badly affected by
the change to one contractor and I’ve ensured that the difficulties have been
communicated to the senior presiding judge and to the management of the courts
and tribunals service.
Indeed, I have personally spoken about them to Lord Justice Goldring.
The change was piloted, I understand, on one circuit, the Northern
circuit, and it was thought that the change would not be problematical but they
didn’t sufficiently have in mind the whole country. It was introduced without
the full board approval of Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service,
including the judicial representatives. I believe the contract is now being
monitored on a weekly basis.
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