Part 2 - Giving Evidence - Witness Familiarisation reviews

4.8 (369 reviews)
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Attendees particularly value the realistic courtroom role-play and mock cross-examination, which give them a supportive space to practise answering difficult questions and build confidence for giving evidence. They describe knowledgeable, approachable trainers who use clear explanations, real-life examples and constructive feedback to keep sessions engaging and relevant to varied roles. Practical guidance on witness statements, preparation and courtroom procedure proves useful at work, while the interactive format helps the learning stick.

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I highly enjoyed the course and found it interesting and informative. It's the mark of a good trainer when all you want to do during the breaks is talk about what your just learned and how interesting your finding it!

Rebecca Q · 17 Jul 2025
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Alister Turtle was a very engaging presenter who held my attention throughout the training session. He was always receptive to any questions either I or the group had. My understanding of the court system and how to clearly and confidently give my evidence as a court witness has been widened and emboldened. I shall recommend the Bond Solon Witness Familiarisation training to internal and external colleagues alike, as a valuable learning tool to apply and ready oneself when attending Magistrates / High / Crown courts and First Tier Tribunal hearings. Thank you!

Connor A · 17 Jul 2025
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Really interactive course and Alister was an excellent facilitator. The case studies and examples were very relevant and Alister was very knowledgeable. My attention was kept throughout the day and time flew by!

Neil H · 17 Jul 2025
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The roleplay was challenging, but done in a supportive environment where we were all made to feel comfortable and successful regardless of how the questioning lines went. I was very impressed with the knowledge of Alister and that he managed to pull different learning experiences and themes from each person's cross-examination. The content about the courtroom was also useful and learning points like the ball and brick wall analogy were very helpful to consider moving forward.

Chris B · 17 Jul 2025
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Alister is an archetypical professional in law. All those I spoke with after the course said how Alister's presentation style was confident, knowledgeable and enthusiastic. He was very receptive to questions, encouraging attendees to engage and ask more! Attendees suggested they'd never been to such a well presented, interesting and engaging course, where they found it so useful for applying to their work. The slide content and explanations were very high quality and the role play court cross examinations were extremely helpful for practice and building experience. Thank you Alister, we will most certainly be using Bond Solon again. Highly recommended.

Peter R · 17 Jul 2025
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Kelly guided and supported the group excellently, explained aspects well giving practical examples and pointers to make the most of the potential difficult experience of having to give evidence in court.

Ruth E · 16 Jul 2025
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Really enjoyed this course especially the exercise as there is no way to get training for cross examination so this was brilliant.

Kate R · 16 Jul 2025
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A really interesting interactive piece of training, that fulfilled my training objectives. Trainer was very professional and delivery was excellent.

Dermot M · 16 Jul 2025
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First-class training from Kelly, our trainer, who demystified the subject and provided the knowledge, behaviours and skills required to act as a confident professional witness at court. Thank you so much for sharing your expertise!

Jonathan B · 12 Jun 2025
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Kelly was a brilliant trainer across the two days - great energy, engaging and really took the time to apply the learning to the various roles of those attending the course. I enjoyed the cross examining exercise at the end - excellent practice and good opportunity to observe in how to deal with difficult scenarios.

Sian C · 12 Jun 2025
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