Overview
Our courses, delivered by trainers, who have experience in courtroom environments, provide learners with the skills needed to present evidence in court in a professional, robust and credible manner.
RSL courses are bespoke to the needs of the client and can be stand-alone or form part of a broader development programme such as ICIDP.
Learning Objectives
Learners will leave these courses with an understanding of
- Court structures / judicial frameworks
- The roles within the court
- Types of evidence
- The role of a witness / expert
- Credibility
- Cross examination
- Oral evidence
- Legislation
- Report writing
Course Length
- 1 to 2 days
Featured Modules
- The court structure / the judicial framework
- The course of a trial in the magistrates court / Crown Court
- The layout of the court (Magistrates and Crown)
- The role of the participants (judge, lay bench, counsel, clerks, ushers etc.)
- The role of witness in court – types of evidence
- Court etiquette (modes of address, initial procedure etc.)
- Preparing for court – the ‘tool-kit’
- Consent / Confidentiality / Rules of Disclosure / Ethics
- Sufficiency of Evidence / Public Interest test
- Familiarisation v Coaching
- Expert witnesses
- Right to a fair trial
- Proportionality & necessity
- What constitutes a credible witness – legal issues
- Practical understanding of evidence in chief – crucial facts
- Practical understanding of cross examination – coping under pressure
- Re-examination
- Tips on oral evidence
- Scenario-based exercise
- Officer of the court v representative of your organisation
- Grounds for exclusion of evidence
- CPIA
Course Suitability
- Police
- Immigration
- Local authorities
- Central government
- Education
- Health
- Private organisations
- Social services
- community safety partnerships
- Local safeguarding children’s boards
- Prisons
- Probation
- Charities
- Fire service
Please note, this course is not for individuals. We only deliver this course to organisations with 5 or more delegates.