All Courts business articles – Page 157

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    MoJ in line of fire over interpreters contract

    2011-07-14T00:00:00Z

    The Ministry of Justice could face a legal challenge to its new cost-cutting arrangements for the provision of interpretation and translation services across the justice sector.

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    Court stenographers to be replaced with digital recording

    2011-04-28T00:00:00Z

    The quiet tapping of the court stenographer will be silenced by next year to be replaced with a high-tech recording system.

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    Defence solicitors warn MoJ over interpreter outsourcing

    2011-03-10T00:00:00Z

    Criminal defence solicitors have urged the Ministry of Justice to ensure that the standard of interpreters does not deteriorate as a result of cost-cutting plans to outsource translation services across the criminal justice system.

  • News

    Row erupts over police interpreters

    2011-02-03T00:00:00Z

    Detainees at police stations in four areas of the north-west are at risk of miscarriages of justice due to the police forces’ use of inadequate interpreters, the Gazette has been told.

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    Virtual court pilot in jeopardy over fees

    2008-09-11T00:00:00Z

    A pilot scheme that could see defendants sentenced via video-link within hours of being arrested could be derailed as three leading practitioner groups consider withdrawing their support over pay, the Gazette has learned.