Courtroom Skills for Expert Witnesses Reviews

I really enjoyed the day. The mock cross examination was excellent and Judy made it feel real and the pressure genuine.

very good training

Good course pace. Time to ask questions and share experiences. Time in the afternoon to practice has been extremely useful. Catherine has been professional, friendly, clear.

The role play is great and I do recommend it. However, it would be better to know who you are going to be, perhaps the day before, so that you can prepare for your role play. In a real situation you would at least know who you are - it is very difficult to role play on the hoof when you are not that person and do not thoroughly know your witness statement. So not sure why we weren't given that opportunity... Other than that the course was great :)

Very helpful guidance on dos and don'ts of being a witness, protocol, housekeeping, styles of questions and scope of responses.

karen is an excellent trainer with a wealth of knowledge. The course shows the importance of an full and accurate statement and the need for thorough preparation.

Trainer (Nick) was very knowledgeable of the subject and gave reassurance and good constructive feedback throughout the day to take forward.

very useful, especially as an inperson event

Ren is a really engaging trainer, knows so much, and delivers it in an accessible and relevant way :-)

It would have been more of an advantage to have been able to be more familiar with the witness statements that were used in the role plays. The time to read this was not factored into the course time meaning I had to do this on top of other workload and in personal vening time. It would also be helpful if you were assigned one witness statement in particular to be questioned on which would be more realistic to a real life tribunal as you would know your statement.