Foreigners Are Overloading Our Justice System. What Is To Be Done About It?

[ladybirder]

This seems to be what a few on here have suspected.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-3784626/DOMINIC-LAWSON-day-court-proved-foreigners-overloading-justice-system.html

[Marshwarble]

Mikey's argument is about educating yourself, not just blaming the immigrants (which are normally Asian/African immigrants, not EU).

Financially speaking, any source of revenue whether it is prosecuting foreigners or prosecuting native English people provides money to our lawyers. As with everything else we say we're too short of money.

[ladybirder]

Thanks for your link AG, it explains in more detail what the judge said.

[agchristie]

You're welcome LB :)

[jourdain2]

Appros legal cases fought in Europe. I had, was forced to, fight a legal divorce petition in France - so I probably know a bit more about it than most.
First, and main, point is that NO allowance was made for translators. My Rob Titchener of a husband had not learned French after about 8 years. The court ruled that he had to have a translator - guess who had to pay for it.... go on... the ones who said that it was me have won!

The UK is far, far too soft. France has the right idea - if you don't speak French it is your fault. My gripe is that I spoke French and yet had to pay for lazy idiot who hadn't bothered to learn!

Seriously - we need to stop paying for translators - comme les francais!

[agchristie]

Should cost get in the way of justice?

Imagine you were accused of murder and the case hinged on a witness who could not speak the lingo? If provision was not made for the translation of statements and interpreters for key witnesses our prisons count could well be even higher.

I am not talking about Eastern Europeans specifically either.A British person could be reliant on an acquittal on the evidence of a French,Spanish or anybody who doesn't speak English.