Family Law and Procedure for Expert Witnesses Reviews

It was a very enjoyable training and revisited information I knew but which had become 'wooly' for me

Really helpful, thank you

I would like to have included more on the child protection parts of the children's act which are more relevant to my work. Too much time was spent on the procedural rules and practice directions, which can be looked up as necessary. AI is already able to find the appropriate procedural rules from a direct question, making this area irrelevant.

It is a challenging subject to cover in 2 days and I thought it was well laid out and easy to follow.

I feel so much better equipped in my role as an expert witness in family proceedings as a result of doing this course. The trainer was exceptionally knowledgeable and the case study discussions were very helpful for developing my knowledge and understanding of the nuances of the guidelines. However, at times (particularly on the second day) I found the pace of navigation required to find my way around the the different procedure documents and practice directions very overwhelming. It was very clear that the trainer knew the materials like the back of her hand and so could navigate and refer to them at speed. However, being new to the materials I found this very difficult. I would have really benefitted from some tangible guidance as to how to practically navigate my way around the materials and if I were to do it again, I would definitely have made sure that I had thoroughly read all of the materials prior to the course. To my mind (and maybe this is my cognitive profile) navigation only felt possible in some cases if you knew already what you were looking for and the right question to ask.

Francesca was an excellent tutor. She has vast experience and knowledge and imparted this in an engaging way. She referred to individuals in their own roles which gave a personal touch and allowed real life suggestions and examples. The course content was a good balance of information and workshops. I have much more of an understanding of the law in these areas than I did two days ago. A lot of information to digest. Having the course content booklet will be helpful as a reference guide and I will also read through previous real life case examples that we did not cover in the course for both interest and further learning.

An excellent training day. Very helpful to have the slides and training manual to reflect and for future reference. Highly recommend to any doctors working in the filed of child protection. I wished this training was available to me 10 years ago!!

10/10

I enjoyed it very much, especially the group work and general discussions.