Amanda Hamilton has almost 30 years’ experience as leading and junior counsel in all areas of criminal practice.
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Amanda specialises in cases involving murder, attempted murder, FGM, firearms, fraud, drugs, money-laundering and people-trafficking.
Amanda is an accomplished trial advocate who has the ability to distil complex and voluminous cases into jury-friendly form. Amanda fights for her clients and she is committed to ensure her clients and their families know what is happening throughout the trial process.
In relation to violent crimes, Amanda is proficient in dealing with expert medical evidence and the interpretation of DNA evidence.
Following a secondment on the Homicide Unit in 2023, Amanda receives instructions involving serious motoring offences of death by dangerous driving and serious injury by dangerous driving.
Notable Cases
2025
R v SS: Isleworth Crown Court. Attempted murder by a homeless man on a woman who offered him food when he approached outside of her accommodation.
R v EJ and three others: St Albans Crown Court. Aggravated burglary of occupied flat used to store cannabis.
R v MB and seven others: Cambridge Crown Court. Leading Mia Gibson of 15 NBS. Conspiracy to commit kidnap and blackmail.
R v NG: Central Criminal Court. Death by Careless driving which led to the death of a 22- year-old motorcyclist.
2024
R v JS, BA and JS: Snaresbrook Crown Court. Leading Helen Dawson from 15NBS. Conspiracy to murder involving three separate shootings in east London.
R v MM and FA: Woolwich Crown Court. Attempted murder of a 16-year-old boy, in a revenge attack by two older boys from the same school, who used a machete and a kitchen knife to cause near-fatal injuries.
R v MC: Central Criminal Court. Death by dangerous driving on a central London road where MC drove at 55mph in a 20mph zone and collided with a pedestrian.
2023
R v NK and eleven others: Kingston Crown Court. Violent Disorder between six Tottenham FC and six Chelsea FC fans in a public house following a Chelsea home game.
R v AN: Central Criminal Court. An historical offence of assisting FGM outside of the UK. Led junior.
R v MS: Central Criminal Court. Sexual offences by a GP on his patients. Leading Dominic Benthall from 15 NBS.
2022
R v SM and LJ: Harrow Crown Court. Conspiracy to supply Class A drugs, and money laundering. The offences arose out of Operation Venetic which penetrated, in 2020, the encrypted EncroChat phone system used in drugs offences across Europe.
Professional Associations
Criminal Bar Association
Howard League for Penal Reform
Qualifications
BA (Hons.) English, University of London
Dip Law, College of Law, London
Pupil supervisor since 2005
Qualified Advocacy Tutor at Lincoln’s Inn
