Bond Solon Reviews

Thoroughly enjoyed this training day, Jamie's explanation was clear and made so much sense.

Absolutely excellent course. Engaging and enjoyable throughout the entire day.

Very informative session.

Excellent

Ren was a fantastic trainer and I feel more confident in my statement writing skills as a result of the course. The only aspect in which the course could be improved is by less independent working throughout the course of the day. Whilst it is good to do exercises to put knowledge into practice, I would have preferred to go over examples of statement writing more and would have also enjoyed reviewing our statements as a whole group to pick out points for improvement, etc. Overall still a good course and thank you again to Ren :)

This was a very interactive session

Fay was excellent. Felt the day was a little rushed. Well worth the cost and would recommend to others. Interested in Unit 4 also, Law and Procedure. Can you please email me details.

The statement writing exercise was very helpful in considering how easily detail can be missed or be assumed in a witness statement. This is something I will consider when taking witness statements in future.

The witness exercise was a very good interactive session. The trainer was very good, clearly knowledgeable and effective in communicating her knowledge. The content of the course on report writing was maybe restrictive, given it wasn't bespoke, given its reliance on structure which wasn't as much of a development area as maybe understanding any tips the trainer had on setting out disputed and undisputed facts and the follow through to analysis and conclusions from this process.

I felt there is a big difference in the type of witness statement we wrote and the type we will be expected to write in our role. The type of witness statement is closer to an officer on the scene, or a civillian statement, where timings, descriptions, colours, movements and ADVOKATE are important. We will be writing statements/reports based off of large amounts of data, therefore I dont feel this statement was particularly useful. In most witness statements I have tried not to make assertations (i.e. what appeared to be the same vehicle, not "the same vehicle"), however it feels in analytical products we are actively trying to make those assertations (i.e. the device followed this route because it was being carried by the suspect). I would appreciate advice on how best to make those assertations without leaving myself open to questioning.