Practitioners
Working with Interpreters in Courts seminar – 11 April 2024
Queensland Courts will conduct a seminar about working with interpreters in Courts on Thursday 11 April 2024, 5.00pm to 6.15pm, in the Banco Court, QEII Courts of Law, Brisbane.
The practical session will assist lawyers, judicial officers and interpreters by addressing:
- the guidelines for working with interpreters in courts and Supreme Court Practice Direction 4 of 2024
- practical tips from judicial officers in relation to working with interpreters in civil trials, criminal proceedings (trials and sentences), Magistrates Court proceedings, including short mentions
- interpreting through the use of audio-visual technology
- tips from the Registry perspective
- insight from professional interpreters as to what lawyers and judicial officers can do to assist them to provide their important services.
Presenters will include Chief Justice Bowskill, Judge Horneman-Wren SC, Deputy Chief Magistrate Gett, Magistrate Balic, Mr Mohamed Bensghir (Senior Registrar) and Ms Sumeet Kaur and Ms Lynn Geng (interpreters).
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