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http://representingforeignnationals.blogspot.com/2008/06/ask-expert-margaret-van-naerssen-on.html
http://keltruthblog.com/blog/?m=200804
15th Oct 2007
MP calls for action on Welsh juries
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/feature-news/tm_headline=mp-calls-for-action-on-welsh-juries&method=full&objectid=19891707&siteid=50082-name_page.html
Lack of interpreters for migrants 'will lead to miscarriages of justice'
http://http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=1557342007
Spanish consul steps in to play translator in court
.Dubai: The lack of a Spanish translator hit the Dubai courts yesterday and made the Spanish Consul play a translator's role when he translated his compatriot's drug charges.
The Spanish Consul stepped in, took an oath before presiding judge Abdul Majid Al Nezamy and translated the charges of possessing a banned substance for his compatriot, A.T. The Spanish suspect confessed to the charges and pleaded guilty before the Dubai Court of First Instance.
http://http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/07/10/01/10157306.html
19th Sept 2007 - case dismissed because suspects did not understand their rights / caution
http://http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Lost_in_translation_Court
_acquits_two_Nigerians_in_drug_case/articleshow/2370785.cms
12th Sept 2007 Historical FL - Davy Crockett's letter
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-crockett-letter,0,373043.story
24th August 2007 More Intrpreter problems
http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/08/24/2014433.htm?section=australia
23rd August 2007 http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6823667,00.html
"Norfolk Island patois" http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/22/norfolk_patois/
30 May 2007 "I'm here to shoot a pilot"
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,2062655,00.html
20 May 2007 Linguistic database:
http://http://www.newkerala.com/news5.php?action=fullnews&id=30822
19th May 2007 Foreign language evidence in court:
http://http://www.nysun.com/article/53501
(page 2 of this article is particularly interesting)
12th May 2007 - Call for Court witnesses to be video taped - "Although transcripts were already available, Sir Igor said they did not reveal the witnesses' physical expressions - whether they unexpectedly hesitated or struggled through difficult pieces of evidence."
http://http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6649015.stm
How generic is a "family feast?"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/6641819.stm
7th May 2007 - Call for all Witness Statements to be taped - excellent account of the inaccuracy of statements recorded in summary by hand
http://www.guardian.co.uk/crime/article/0,,2074050,00.html