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The figures look good but at Tribunals there has been a big increase in them sending Tier 3 interpreters (ie ones not qualified to do anything other than conversational interpreting). They are often well meaning but have no idea how to correctly interprete and engage in conversations rather than just translate, fail to translate other speakers and are often worryingly unable to manage more technical matters. The tribunal service locally has just introduced a form for reporting on them as the lack of complaints (generally because people cannot be bothered or allow their appeal so the dire interpreting has not prejudiced them) hide their inadequacies.

The last interpreter I reported as inadequate put in a formal complaint against me once my comments had been passed onto them by Capital. This is then put on my file and has to be dealt with as a full judicial complaint which is time consuming and guaranteed to put judges off complaining - which may well have been the intention.