Biography

Amanda was called to the Bar in 2020 and is authorised by the Bar Standards Board to conduct litigation, enabling her to manage cases from initial advice through to final hearing. Her practice includes professional discipline and regulatory work, alongside commercial and contractual matters, and she works as a qualified civil and commercial mediator.
Alongside practice, Amanda contributes to constitutional and legislative projects connected with the House of Lords, and has worked with Lord Norton of Louth on international programmes.

Role at British Medical Experts

As Head of Legal, Amanda oversees the legal and compliance side of the chambers:

• Ensuring BME’s terms, processes and expert engagement reflect current law and CPR Part 35.
• Advising on instructing-party agreements, fee arrangements and the chambers model under which BME charges no mark-up on expert fees.
• Drawing on her healthcare regulatory experience to support expert panel governance and the standards experts uphold in producing court-compliant reports.
• Acting as the legal advisor on legal developments affecting medico-legal practice.