The relationship between an employee and their administration runs in both directions: the employee is bound by the duties and obligations that civil-service law sets out, while the administration is barred from standing in the way of the rights those same laws grant — and from using its authority arbitrarily, beyond the powers that public office actually gives it. Protecting that balance is exactly the job of the legal investigator or committee member, and it demands a high level of professionalism at the moment a decision gets made.

Arab British Fellowship Training Academy designed this course around that responsibility. A sound recommendation has to rest on a legal basis, built from the facts an investigator actually uncovers through the course of the inquiry — the documents reviewed, the witness statements heard — and delivered only once full conviction has been reached. This course walks through the skills a legal investigator needs to get there, module by module.

Who Should Attend?

• Managers and directors of institutions and companies, and businessmen who want to develop their legal skills.
• Legal officers and employees working in legal management of every kind, across commercial firms.
• Investigators, lawyers and trainee lawyers.
• Law students and graduates from faculties of law at various universities.

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Apply the best methods for conducting administrative investigations while avoiding common legal loopholes.
• Explain the legal organization of administrative investigation committees.
• Use the main methods for researching and detecting administrative errors and violations.
• Direct inquiries and questions using sound legal methods, and manage an investigation from start to finish.
• Organize the contents of an investigation file in the correct, professional form.

Module 1: The Investigator's Mindset — Professionalism and Evidence-Based Recommendations

• How law relates to administrative work, and the professional standard expected of a legal investigator.
• Building a recommendation on documented facts and witness statements rather than assumption.

Module 2: The Legal Structure of Investigation Committees

• The legal organization of administrative investigation committees and the authority they hold.
• Using discretionary power correctly when deciding on a disciplinary penalty.

Module 3: Detecting and Researching Administrative Violations

• The main tools for researching and detecting administrative errors and violations.
• The types of disciplinary sanctions that apply to workers and employees, and the basic guarantees owed to them.

Module 4: Questioning Techniques and Managing the Investigation

• Legal methods for directing inquiries and questions during an investigation.
• Managing an investigation's full course, including decisions to suspend an employee and when that step is warranted.

Module 5: Documenting and Organizing the Investigation File

• Organizing the contents of an investigation file in a proper, professional form.
• Retirement and dismissal rules, and how they interact with an investigation's outcome.