Judges started ordering retrials and issuing „wasted costs“ orders as unqualified interpreters started appearing (and often, not appearing).
One British solicitor quipped: „It might be quicker for me to learn Czech than for me to rely on ALS providing a qualified interpreter.“
http://www.irr.org.uk/news/the-ongoing-fiasco-of-privatised-court-interpreting-services/
See an earlier Private Eye story here:
http://professionalinterpretersalliance.blogspot.de/2012/04/private-eye-issue-1312.html