Bond Solon Reviews

Excellent! Very engaging. Was able to apply what I learned. Not overly complicated. Delivered with humour. The trainer brought his experience in to the training.

This was an excellent introduction to courtroom etiquette and the skills I need to learn so that I can fulfil my duty to the court effectively, professionally and with confidence. Before the course I was lacking in knowledge about the procedures related to giving evidence, and the rules and regulations regarding behaviour and formalities in court. I now feel more confident that I could address the court, and give the Judge an honest opinion in a professional manner, with clarity of tone and well paced responses. I am acutely aware of my responsibilities under CPR 35.3 and will regularly refresh my memory by re-reading these principles, and diarise time to thoroughly absorb my report prior to court attendance. I am very grateful to have been given the opportunity to attend this course and feel better equipped should I need to give evidence in the future.

Helpful, engaging. Difficulties across the variety of teams but useful

Very interesting style Interactions encouraged so we could learn from each others questions

practical course with useful elements.

Thank you Neil for a helpful session.

Very good training - I did enjoy it, and found it beneficial. My only point of constructive criticism is that the two days might have been more interactive (break out rooms, etc.) although I understand that there was a necessity for lots of information-giving.

Very knowledgeable trainer

Having an function which would allow notes to be recorded by me onto the slides to maintain clarity for learning and future reference would help.

This was the least useful training I have had on FtP in a decade. It was introductory, which is fine, but these were the issues: Presenter just presented verbally in a quite boring tone, with almost no slides and when they eventually appeared late in Day 1 they were run over too quickly . He often ignored questions and the chat function- which is often a challenge with so many people but it was not as inclusive as it could have been.Information content was often very general and strayed into examples from other jurisdictions-or his own opinion-(example saying hearsay is not allowed yes it us, and serious sexual cases requires go straight to straight to removal- incorrect is SCW said work through each scanction in turn). Several times SCW had to intervene and correct factual inaccuracies about process-this suggests the presenter has not bothered to look at SCW procedures. There were no Case studies. He could have shown us relevant determinations and asked us to critique them.There were no break out sessions so we didn't get talk to each other and share our experiences and expectations. That said ,the course covered the basics OK.