Bond Solon Reviews

Paul was brilliant and I feel that where we had a small group he was able to apply his experience on a more personal level as well as providing mentorship to us individually. He was extremely knowledgeable and emphatic to our life experiences and roles in the offices and everyday challenges. It was a pleasure to have Paul train me on this subject, I have learnt a lot and will definitely be reflecting on much of what I learnt and myself.

I think that this course would be valuable to everyone, whatever level they are workwise, everyone should learn about emotional intelligence as it is just as important as intelligence in IQ. This course was helpful in understanding yourself and managing relationships around you by forming a better understanding. This course helped me look at myself and my environment in a different light, something I might never have done otherwise.

Thank you

Great course, think investigators should do this course even if they're not DO's as it helps them understand how the retention and description of material is vital

Always very appreciative of being able to talk through scenarios and examples.

Fantastic course. Rhoda's knowledge was exceptional and the course was also full of humour which helped keep it interesting. We were told the pre-course reading would take two days, I think it was about 1/2 a days reading, or 1 day max. One of the first syndicate sessions we did involved reading the digital strategy. We didn't really have time to fully read this as it was quite big, I think if it was included in the pre-read it would have been helpful and I certainly had time pre-course to read it.

so informative, gave real experiences (both by trainers and those attending). queries were dealt with in terms of group discussions that aided thought process and understanding. I feel this is not disclosure specific and should be provided as a case team learning tool, as the course cover aspects that would impact the case officer/ case manager and not just the disclosure officer.

Rhoda was very engaging and was very good at keeping peoples attention. I found it very helpful when she kept referring to actual cases that she has been involved in. Rhoda's background as both prosecution and defence lawyer was really beneficial as she gave us advice on the type of things defence would ask/look for. I do think that this course should be mandatory for all officers as I think it would be very beneficial for all officers in the case team as reasonable lines of enquiry examples were covered. Its also good for the case team to be aware how important input from the case team is within the disclosure process and how they can assist the disclosure officer.

The quantity of material provided as part of the pre-course reading was excessive. Then during the course, it was not feasible to read the digital forensic strategy in 20 minutes and formulate comments on it. Minimal real-life case studies for HMRC cases - while the police cases were fascinating, it would be good to have more practical HMRC examples of disclosure issues in practice. Rhoda and Emma were incredibly engaging and knowledgeable, and it made a very dry subject very enjoyable. I appreciated the flexibility of the course, and when there were conversation topics we needed to discuss as a group, the day's plans were shuffled to allow it.

I found the day genuinely interesting. A good topic and brilliant delivery from Kerry.