At the NAWRA meeting in Edinburgh, the issue of language interpreters and appellants being separated before hearings came up, we have now had a meeting with the Tribunal Service to raise this issue and have received assurances from the Tribunal Service that they have sent out a memo stating that interpreters and appellants must not be separated before a Tribunal hearing, there is no legal or any other grounding to justify this and it could be viewed as a discriminatory issue if challenged. If you have any problems of this nature in the future, then please let me know or you can also email the Tribunal Service area manager at [email protected] He has stated he would be interested to know if this happens again in the future.
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