We provide interpreters for people whose first language is not English, to help them to access the wide range of services and information provided by local and regional governments. We can also arrange for our male/female interpreters to assist other agencies, e.g. Probation Service, Health Service, solicitors, various voluntary organisations, police, social services, CPS, Insurance companies, including home visits/interviews, etc… You can apply for prior authority for our fees in public funded cases and to assist you we will give you a detailed quotation. Once you have prior authority you have no financial risk, since our costs are guaranteed to be met by the LAA. In urgent cases you do not need to get prior authority if you are satisfied the instruction is necessary for the conduct of the case and the fees are reasonable in all the circumstances. Our experience is that if counsel has advised you take the step it will prima facie be reasonable for that to be done.
