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Legal professionals

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  • Crown Prosecution Service: Right to an interpreter (update December 2023)
  • Customer Accessibility and Inclusion Reasonable Adjustment Guidance (November 2018).
  • Legal Aid Authority - use of interpreters in criminal cases.
  • Linguist Lounge responds to the The Times: Shortage of interpreters ‘delays trials’ 
  • Police, Crime, sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (Section 196).
  • Profoundly deaf jurors: Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 factsheet. Jury Service and deaf people (August 2022).
  • The Advocate's Gateway: Planning to question someone who is deaf.
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Mental health & deafness

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  • Coroner concerns: Prevention of Future Deaths Report. Lack of access to sign language interpreters - Mental Health and Inquests.
  • Coroner finds failures in mental health services for deaf people
  • Court of Protection Ruling Highlights Importance of Specialist Assessments for Deaf Individuals
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Interpreter Oath or Affirmation (Court)

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  • Interpreter Oath and Affirmation
  • Oath or Affirmation for BSL Interpreter working with a deaf jury member
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Sign Language Interpreters (BSL)

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  • Accessing free Wi-Fi in Court buildings.
  • ASLI: Best Practices for BSL Interpreters working in legal settings (2016).
  • Notes arising from interpreting for a deaf juror, July 2022. Written by Gloria Ogborn (RSLI)
  • Sample script for sign language interpreters to explain the need for an interpreter for consultations.
  • Script explainers for interpreters working in court
  • Sentencing council guidelines (2021)
  • Visual guide: How to work with a sign language interpreter
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BSL signs resource bank

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  • Country BSL signs resource.
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Glossary of key terms

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  • Advocate (Non-legal)
  • BSL (British Sign Language)
  • BSL interpreter
  • Deafblind interpreter
  • Expert Witness
  • Intermediary
  • Interpreting
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Deaf jurors

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  • Celebrating inclusivity: Deaf jurors in our courts
  • HMCS: How to prepare jury service for a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter.
  • HMCS: Jurors- How to work with a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter during jury service.
  • HMCS: Preparing our courts to support Deaf jurors.
  • Interpreting in the Deliberation Room
  • News: Civil servant who organised the first ever court trial with a deaf juror winner of the 2023 Civil Service Awards.
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Remote hearings (Video)

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  • Judicial College: Guidance on the conduct of remote hearings.
  • Nuffield Family: Remote hearings in the family justice system.
  • The Advocate's Gateway: Planning to question someone using a remote link.
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Domestic abuse or violence

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  • BSL Video resource - Domestic abuse (SignHealth)
  • New definition of domestic violence (2015).
  • Why the term matters, Domestic Abuse Vs Domestic Violence.
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Statistical information

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  • A Guide to language interpreter and translation services in courts and tribunals.
  • Guide to language interpreter and translation services in courts and tribunals (2019)
  • Use of language interpreter and translation services in courts and tribunals statistics.
View all 3 articles

Life experiences

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  • Deaf and in Prison by Shahab Reza (June 2019).
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Disclaimer: BSL Legal is a collective of British Sign Language (BSL) interpreters and translators. All of our Sign Language interpreters are registered with an appropriate regulatory body (NRCPD or RBSLI) and have extensive experience of working in legal settings. Our approach is one of flexibility and transparency. We are not an agency so there are no overheads or agency costs. All fees and invoicing arrangements are negotiated direct with the interpreter you decide to work with.

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