Bond Solon Down under
The Australasian legal training business, Legal Empowerment, now has an exclusive licence to deliver Bond Solon expert
witness training and witness familiarisation courses in Australia and New Zealand.
Bond Solon, who pioneered witness preparation services in the UK, have trained in excess of 250,000 people over the past
21+ years. They have played a pivotal role in raising the quality of expert evidence in the UK, through their design and
delivery of expert witness training, their innovative education initiatives and their annual Expert Witness conference
and surveys.
Bond Solon have also filled an important gap in the litigation services market by providing independent witness
familiarisation services, which prepare witnesses to give evidence without straying into the murky area of witness
coaching. Bond Solon regularly provide witness training on behalf of the majority of the top 100 leading law firms
across the UK and directly to companies. They have also provided services globally, particularly in international
litigation and arbitration.
Legal Empowerment Director, Nikki Pender, a litigator with more than 25 years experience who has herself practised law
in both New Zealand and Australia, says:
Our business vision is for witness familiarisation to become more mainstream in Australia and New Zealand. We want to do
that by working closely with the legal profession. Bond Solon currently use more than 45 trainers, most of whom are
practising barristers with the ability and passion to teach. Legal Empowerment plans to follow a similar pattern, so
that not only will we help lawyers to prepare their cases for court, but we will increasingly engage local litigators to
deliver our programmes.
Nikki is also enthusiastic about delivering expert witness training. She says:
I’ve seen a lot of expert witnesses in action: from the construction industry to economists and accountants, to members
of the medical profession. The best expert witnesses are those who are experienced at preparing reports, confident when
giving evidence and able to explain even the most dry, complex concepts in simple language. A bonus of teaming up with
Bond Solon is that the qualities and competencies that I personally view as the hallmark of an excellent expert witness
form an integral part of their training methodology.
Legal Empowerment is very proud to be associated with Bond Solon. We have carefully customised the Bond Solon course
materials for the Australian and New Zealand markets while preserving the integrity of their methodology. We look
forward to providing these quality services under our I, Witness banner to expert and prospective witnesses throughout Australia and New Zealand.
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About Legal Empowerment
Legal Empowerment provides legal skills training to non-lawyers. It offers the I. Witness programmes for expert and lay
witnesses and is the exclusive licensee in Australia and New Zealand of the Bond Solon expert witness training and
witness familiarisation courses
About Bond Solon
Bond Solon is the UK’s leading expert witness and evidence training company, specialising in training non-lawyers in
legal matters. Bond Solon was established in 1992 and has trained in excess of 250,000 delegates on its training
programmes. Bond Solon has been at the forefront of designing and delivering training to expert
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