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Action against Gardai over translation services resolved
2016-03-09
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Word Perfect Translation Services (WPTS) brought a legal action against the Garda Commissioner after the commission awarded a €5 million, four‑year contract for face‑to‑face language interpretation services to three rival firms: Forbidden City (Translation.ie), Language Training and Translating Ltd (Context), and Natalia Cotov (Accord Translations). WPTS had supplied interpreters to Gardaí since 2007 under a Department of Justice and Law Reform framework agreement and claimed that the award to the rivals breached EU public procurement regulations, alleging a lack of adequate reasons for the selection, unequal treatment of bidders, and discrimination against WPTS. The case was scheduled for the Commercial Court but was struck out on the consent of the parties before a hearing. Mr Justice Brian McGovern, who had previously denied WPTS an injunction, described the resolution as "good news." The article does not disclose any settlement terms or further procedural steps.
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What: Report matter: Action against Gardai over translation services resolved. Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision
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- 2016-03-09 Publication
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