Bond Solon Reviews

The trainer had extensive knowledge, had a confident and engaging delivery style. The training was pitched at the right level and the examples used were really helpful in allowing participants to apply powers and key points to real life cases and to make sure nothing gets missed in preparation of s16 POCA statements.

Thank you to the trainer delivering this course.

It would have been useful to have more examples of confiscation court cases that have taken place and to have feedback from what the barristers thought about the s16's produced by FI's and what they need from us.

Trainer very knowledgeable and came across very well. Excellent knowledge of case law and how it could be applied. Difficult for NI officers as course content was for Eng and Wales and therefore I was continually having to think of NI equivalent sections of the law. No Crim Procedure Rules in NI. For NI officers we would need additional course applicable to the jurisdiction and how it works in practice with PPS/High Court and International. It would have been useful to have had a bespoke course for NI and then attend this course as there is always the possibility of NI officers doing confiscations in Eng & Wales.

Unfortunately the course was geared towards England and Wales so a portions of the course were not relevant to Northern Ireland. Also found the English sections of POCA used confusing. Not the trainers fault, who was excellent and she did try to include NI equivalent.

Should be targeted at FIs with less experience at court.

An excellent one day course in courtroom skills and training. I particularly learnt how to address everyone in court, who to look at and how to recognise and deal with cross examination techniques in order to maintain the confidence of the court. This will assist me greatly in not feeling so overwhelmed by the whole experience when it arises so that I am able to perform at my best for the case.

Thanks very much I found it to be very useful especially being newly qualified I also found some reassurance that my documentation is good but also how to improve it to be better.

Absolutely relevant for the work that I am doing.

Great session, great topic. Good information and valuable record-keeping points to consider daily.