29 January 2016 by Aisha Maniar
The Wrong Way to Interpret Justice
[…] Qualified court interpreters are thus an
indispensable part of the justice system, providing a variety of foreign
language and deaf user services. Around 700 requests per day are made for
interpreters by courts and tribunals in England and Wales. The ongoing boycott
of a framework agreement privatising court interpreting services, now in its
fifth year, however, has attracted far less attention than strikes against cuts
by legal aid lawyers and court magistrates. […]
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