Amelia Joined Chambers in 2023 after her Call to the Bar as a Transferring Qualified Lawyer. Amelia has gained extensive experience and knowledge in dealing with high value fraud and drugs conspiracy cases. She has also been involved in cases involving death by dangerous driving, rape and serious violence including a notable case for Riot.
Amelia accepts instructions from both the defence and prosecution. She is a Grade 1 Prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service and appears on a daily basis in the Crown Court across South Wales. She has gained a positive reputation with instructing solicitors for her advocacy and ability to deal with clients.
Amelia is a member of the CPS general crime panel, who regularly both defends and prosecutes matters in the Crown Court.
Prior to joining Chambers, she was a qualified Solicitor Advocate within a busy criminal practice in Swansea. Amelia gained many years of experience dealing with criminal cases from the early stages at the police station through to the Magistrates and Crown Court. She has conducted trials involving vulnerable witnesses and expert evidence and has successfully dealt with disposals in the Crown Court under the Mental Health Act.
Amelia has appeared regularly in the Youth Court and has dealt with cases such as Robbery and S.18 GBH and has made applications under S.45 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015.
Amelia has further gained experience in Regulatory Crime in both the Magistrates and Crown Court.
R v N (Swansea Crown Court) [2023]
Amelia successfully obtained a suspended sentence for a defendant of whom she represented who was convicted of Perverting the Course of Justice. The leading authority from the Court of Appeal states that a case of Perverting the Course of Justice ‘almost invariably calls for a custodial sentence’.
R v J (Swansea Crown Court) [2022]
Amelia was the instructed solicitor in a case involving death by dangerous driving. Through vigorous case preparation and the instruction of a defence expert, the defendant was acquitted following a fully contested Crown Court trial.
R v L and others (Cardiff Crown Court) [2021]
Amelia was the instructed solicitor in a drugs conspiracy case involving high level sophisticated organised crime and the use of Encrochat devices.
- LLB Honours 2:1 University of South Wales
- Legal Practice Course University of South Wales
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