Bond Solon Reviews

Friendly, professional and experienced trainer. Highly valuable experience to have a mock and then recorded video of cross examination. Will now be much more comfortable doing this in court if required in the future.

The training was excellent. I think having this modulke provided in person in the future would be a better way to go, as the breakout sessions and practice interviewing case studies would have been better conducted in person. Richard did a great job in arranging the case studies remotely however.

Olwen came across as an very nice, polite and clearly experienced in her area of law. That said, it was clear during the session that Olwen was not familiar with the content, and was overly reliant on the manual, with majority of the session spent with Olwen sharing her screen and reading from the manual. I didn't feel that i learnt anything which i couldn't have achieved by reading the manual in my own time, and it did not feel like a good use of time, and definitely not worth the cost of the session. In my other Bond Solon modules, the trainer has spent time going through the assessment ensuring learners are familiar with the criteria and what to consider. When asked about the assessment, Olwen told the cohort that it wasn't anything to do with her, and she couldn't help or advise. I found this bizarre given my other sessions, and again, contributed to the session feeling like a waste of time. I also think that the session could and should have been more tailored to it's audience. I appreciate that the sessions predominately look at criminal law, but my cohort was overwhelmingly HR based. Given this, i think effort should have been made to include more relevant material/discussions to ensure we got the most out of the module.

It was valuable to learn about what to expect in court and cross examination and to experience and witness role playing in this instance. Helpful feedback was provided by instructor.

First time doing a courtroom skills course and have really treasured it. Although I have attended a few hearings, never had feedback so was great that we had role play with relevant feedback.

very enjoyable and relevant - definitely demystified the court systems and the role of expert witness in court

I really enjoyed the course today, especially the role play. Cath was really excellent in understanding our individual professional roles and skilfully tailored her role as a cross examiner to address the issues we may face. I feel much more confident about the prospect of going to court after this training.

I thoroughly enjoyed this one day course and think it is imperative to have on our DDP course and for other future trainee detectives. I have made a suggestion to our own training team to consider using this course for our initial training as it is highly probable that all officers at some point in their career will have to attend court at one time or another. I found Rob very interesting and highly knowledgeable. This course has made me feel immensely more confident for attending court.

Richard was great as a trainer, he was engaging and kept the group interested and focused throughout the two day course

Good