5 May 2012
[…]
The hearing was interrupted when Judge
Batty noted an interpreter was not translating proceedings to a Slovak
defendant and it emerged she could not understand defence counsel.
The hitch is the latest to hit courts after
a contract for interpreting was awarded by the Ministry of Justice to a single
agency.
The interpreter was replaced by a volunteer
from the public gallery, who told the court she was boycotting the agency but
was willing to help. Judge Batty said it was not the first time and he would
make a formal complaint.
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