Bowman Gilfillan provides training courses and workshops which equip clients with a wide range of knowledge and skill.  Examples of our standard courses are the following:

• Pension funds and medical schemes;
• Section 37D, section 37D and governance in pension funds;
• Governance in medical schemes;
• The essence of company law;
• Company law updates;
• The essence of competition law;
• Competition law updates;
• The essence of income tax law;
• Income tax law updates;
• The essence of insolvency law;
• Fraud prevention;
• Public Finance Management Act;
• Effective commercial dispute resolution;
• Modern negotiation theory and practice for recovery teams;
• Modern negotiation theory and practice for in-house lawyers;
• Modern negotiation theory and practice for managers;
• Mediator skills for managers;
• Chairing meetings effectively;
• How to prepare for and present in arbitration;
• Conflict and grievance handling skills for the workplace;
• Joint union management mutual gain negotiation skills;
• Chairing disciplinary enquiries;
• Preparation and presentation skills for disciplinary enquiries;
• Basics of the law of unfair dismissal;
• Strike handling;
• Retrenchment handling;
• The Labour Relations Act;
• The Basic Conditions of Employment Act;
• The Employment Equity Act; and
• Employment law updates.

Training programmes can also be created and tailor made to accommodate clients’ needs.

All the courses and workshops are designed in accordance with the principles of adult learning which are that :-

• Learning should be self directed
• Prior experience and knowledge of learners must be taken into account
• Learning must have immediate application
• Self-evaluation rather than third party evaluation is encouraged.

Extensive use is therefore made of case studies, role plays and other interactive processes.  Bowman Gilfillan trainers are all lawyers who have undergone specialist training in the presentation of adult learning programmes.

Bowman Gilfillan works in close association with Conflict Dynamics which has full accreditation from the Services Sector Education and Training Authority.  This enables clients who are at present paying a skills development levy to a SETA and who comply with the requirements of that SETA to claim back on their levy if they wish to.

Contact John Brand on   +27 11 669-9503