Legal Experience Training Ltd

Litigation Support - Witness Familiarisation - Case Preparation and Intensive Cross - Examination. Ranked in Band 1 by Chambers and Partners 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025.

Legal Experience Training (‘LET’) provide Witness Familiarisation for witnesses of fact and expert witnesses in the UK and internationally. The firm are instructed direct by organisations, law firms and by recommendation from Members of the Bar. The firm has expertise in preparing witnesses to give evidence in courts, international arbitrations, domestic arbitrations, tribunals and regulatory hearings often where millions and sometimes billions of pounds are at stake. The firm also provide familiarisation to witnesses involved in less valuable cases of great personal and professional importance to the individuals concerned. The firm is praised for its standout service, fantastic one to one support, ability to tailor the sessions to make them directly applicable to the client's unique context and to respond to urgent demands for assistance.

Chambers say:

"Legal Experience Training's personalised approach ensures that training is not only effective, but also directly applicable to the client’s unique context. " 2025

"Legal Experience Training gives fantastic one-to-one support. It is un-rushed and feels really tailored." 2025

"Legal Experience Training is exceptionally responsive and can easily accommodate some of our most urgent demands for expert witness training." 2025

"Legal Experience Training's responsiveness and the ease of doing business with them is a strong reason we return to them. They offer a standout service." 2025

“Penny Harper at Legal Experience Training is one of the best in the industry at what she does. She is very knowledgeable, has worked in the legal industry for a long time and has a wealth of experience.”2024

" The trainers were highly knowledgeable and experienced, and they were able to effectively convey the intricacies of legal matters with clarity and precision." 2023

“ In my experience, Legal Experience Training are adaptable, are willing to answer questions on unusual scenarios and will tailor their approach to suit our needs.”2024

"They are excellent. They have a full understanding of the process and pressure consistent with being a witness in large cases." 2022

" LET's witness training programme is well structured and a step ahead of its competition.” 2021.

The firm delivers sessions to enable witnesses to prepare and give evidence in fully virtual hearings, hybrid hearings or face to face hearings. The firm has unrivalled experience in working with witnesses from or giving evidence in the following jurisdictions: United Kingdom The Channel Islands, UAE, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, Russia, Ukraine, USA, France, Germany, Norway, Australia, India New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Africa, Brazil, Trinidad and Tobago and many more.

LET offer bespoke flexible options to clients including grouping witnesses or arranging one-to-one sessions. The length and intensity sessions can be adjusted to suit individual witnesses and if required to accommodate interpreters. LET has a flexible approach to when and where the session will take place. The training can be delivered remotely via a conferencing link or face to face or as a hybrid. The sessions may be run to accommodate international times zones and during weekdays/weekends.

The tailored sessions are led by a judge/ barrister/solicitor who is a recognised communication experts in their own field. The session leaders have worked with several thousands of witnesses over the last 25 years and will have a minimum of 10 years experience of working with witnesses.

The firm offers Witness Familiarisation - Case Preparation followed by Witness familiarisation - Intensive cross-examination for witnesses of fact or expert witnesses.

Witness Familiarisation - Case Preparation.

Witness evidence is vital. A witness who fails to carry out structured preparation and is ignorant of the process is placed at a huge disadvantage. Their evidence may be lost, distorted or manipulated if they do not have the skills and confidence to ensure that their evidence is understood by the decision maker(s).

The session reassures witnesses by explaining the stages in the hearing and their role in giving evidence. The sessions offer detailed guidance and a methodology to help witnesses prepare for a hearing by considering the weight, reliability and credibility of evidence. The firm are unique in providing a case preparation plan to be implemented by witnesses when preparing to give their own evidence. This equips witnesses with a methodology to identify strengths and weaknesses in their evidence and to handle documents at the hearing. Witnesses learn how to present their evidence to maximise the impact of facts and documents.

Witnesses receive tips on how to present evidence effectively by calmly managing a range of cross-examination techniques. The tutors use simple visual aide memoires to demystify the role of the witness to help witnesses give clear confident and credible evidence. The session helps them to identify what evidence to present, how to present it and demonstrate why it is important.

Feedback from witnesses and instructing lawyers has indicated that the session is highly effective in getting witnesses to set aside time to fully engage with, and prepare for, the hearing. It enables the witness to spend time going through their evidence with a clear purpose.

Intensive Cross-Examination Role Play.

Our barrister/solicitor tutors are highly skilled in using a range of realistic and challenging cross-examination techniques. The role play demonstrates how witness evidence is undermined and compared with evidence in an opposing party’s statements, exhibits or reports. The firm do not merely work off short scenarios in which the witness is questioned only on one side’s evidence. This is artificial. The tutors use a range of different cross-examination techniques to give a witness the experience of intense scrutiny of evidence during a hearing. Witnesses are provided with specific tips on the different techniques used in cross-examination and learn how to manage these. The cross-examination role play is stopped every 5 minutes to give structured feedback. This helps to build skills and confidence in witnesses as they go along and to incrementally improve their skills.

The tutor will work with the witness to remove the blockers to effective communication due to anxiety, lack of confidence, anger, aggression or other characteristics. This assists with posture, tone, speed of delivery, precision and accuracy in language. Tips are given on the psychology of giving evidence and how to use techniques to remain calm and focussed. Witnesses leave with a toolkit of skills to present their evidence effectively, calmly and with clarity. Intensive cross-examination role play can be arranged to take place immediately after Case Preparation or after a gap in time to allow for reflection and to implement the case preparation methodology on the case study to be used for the cross-examination role play.

The firm has unrivalled experience working with expert witnesses giving evidence in high value complex cases. The firm are able to support experts who have recently been instructed by delivering sessions on expert witness report writing and preparing for and conducting expert meetings. Too often experts find themselves with reports that will not support their evidence giving or without the skills required to effectively conduct an expert meeting. The firm offer one to one sessions as well as group sessions.

The firm offers group and one to one sessions for experts on preparing to give evidence including how to give short presentations where required by the tribunal or court, handling cross-examination and participating in hot tubbing.

The firm provides a full master’s level Advanced Professional Award in Expert Witness Evidence accredited by Pearson Learning delivered in 4 x 1 day modules. This training underpins the skills required for experts in Expert Evidence, Law and Practice, Advanced Report Writing, Expert Witness Meetings and Joint Statements and Witness Familiarisation. LET draws on the analysis of expert evidence by the judiciary to demonstrate to experts how their evidence is challenged and scrutinised by reference to specific examples from decided cases where expert evidence has been found to lack credibility, reliability or weight.

“The session was fabulous, the tutor was excellent, calm, clear, professional and brought the best out in our witnesses in the familiarisation session, with tips for witnesses in developing the preparation matrix and a tool kit for cross – examination.” Legal Counsel, London Victoria.

“This session was excellent with do’s and don’ts and techniques for answering questions. Very worthwhile for anyone without experience of being a witness in court. The tutor has an excellent manner very calm and helpful.” Alun. L, Company Director.

“The session was an excellent with different ways to consider giving evidence and cross-examination. It was very helpful in thinking through how to deal with cross-examination and helping the decisionmaker understand the evidence. It was excellent and made a difference.” Robert F referred by Clyde & Co LLP.

“The session prepared me in a practical way including the cross-examination session and feedback. I feel both relieved and confident to give evidence now.” Head of Legal CQS LLP.

“ Excellent. Considerably higher standard than expert witness courses offered by competitors. Outstanding. Top of the profession. Superb, focused and specific. Tutor a Mega star, probably the most knowledgeable lawyer in the UK on expert witness procedure .” Doug Ward MA MSc LLM FCGI C.Eng FIMechE FIET FCIBSE ACIArb Director of Estates & Facilities NHS Trust.

“I can’t say enough here to do the course justice. From the excellent presenters to fantastic course material and the extra effort put in to absolutely cover everything! I don’t ever remember enjoying a course as much as I have this course and a large part of this being down to the tutors and the way the course was presented. Again, a huge thank you to Penny and Tim. What fantastic presenters online!” Gordon Buckley-Sheldon, Forensic Delay Analyst, Director, Ankura.

“ A superb and very relevant course that is going to hold me in such good stead for future Expert Witness work.” Chief Engineering Geologist, Atkins Global.

“The course content was great and it assisted my understanding of the subjects covered in each module vastly. This will help me on a daily basis in my role.” Morven Paterson, Senior Expert & Commission Manager, HKA Global.

“The tutor is exceptionally gifted, clear and concise, and very helpful.” Director and Building Surveyor, Archway Consultancy.

“ The course is superb, interesting well explained content. My comments on the tutor – excellent delivery to unpack each element of the process, and with good feedback at each stage.” Principal Consultant, Warringtonfire.

“ After recently giving evidence I am writing to say how helpful the training session proved to be. There were many valuable pieces of advice, cautions and tips which I was able to apply and it made the whole process interesting, exciting and enjoyable. I am very grateful for the training and supporting documentation you provided. Thank you very much. Whenever I have the opportunity I shall not hesitate to recommend your courses to others.” Director and Chartered Surveyor, Philip Santo & Co.