Drugs case put back due to interpreter blunder

http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/lack-of-interpreters-in-court-case-means-accused-must-return-for-hearing/story-30254628-detail/story.html 
April 06, 2017

Drugs case put back due to interpreter blunder

Two men accused of supplying cocaine are to return to Magistrates court after an interpreting service claimed the court failed to book them for a hearing.

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The court heard from prosecutors who discovered no interpreter who could speak Sorani Kurdish – a particular dialect from Iraqi Kurdistan – had been booked to attend court, and an over-the-phone interpreter service claimed a booking had been cancelled by the court earlier this morning.

Both men were granted unconditional bail and were ordered to return to Magistrates court on April 13 in an attempt to progress the case.

"case adjourned so that a linguistic interpreter can be brought in to help with proceedings"

http://www.bathchronicle.co.uk/bath-man-accused-of-assaulting-police-officer-in-oldfield-park-due-back-in-court-next-month/story-30246619-detail/story.html 
April 04, 2017

A Bath man accused of assaulting a police officer in Oldfield Park is due back in court next month.

James Ivan Pollett, of Stirtingale Road in Bath, was supposed to answer four charges at Bath Magistrates' Court on Thursday, March 30.

However, his case was adjourned until Wednesday, May 3, so that a linguistic interpreter can be brought in to help with proceedings. […]

Unite supports calls to Scrap the Frameworks!

http://www.uniteforoursociety.org/blog/entry/unite-supports-calls-to-scrap-the-frameworks/ 
April 3, 2017

Unite supports calls to Scrap the Frameworks!

When NUBSLI first set up their #ScrapTheFramework campaign, raising issues around sustainability and the use of framework agreements, some felt that they were scaremongering.

But a recently leaked insolvency document by Pearl Linguistics, the company that went into liquidation several weeks ago, leaving the BSL community without access to many public services, including NHS healthcare, vindicates NUBSLI’s fears and highlights the fact that these frameworks are simply unworkable.The document clearly exposes the race to the bottom being forced through by government and the lack of consideration shown for both service users and workers.

There are currently three main national frameworks that the campaign is aware, Crown Commercial services, Ministry of Justice and the NHS Shared Business Services. Our campaign calls for them to be scrapped with immediate effect.

Read more here: http://www.uniteforoursociety.org/blog/entry/unite-supports-calls-to-scrap-the-frameworks/