Amanda Burnnard

Amanda is an experienced and proficient advocate with a broad practice. 

Amanda accepts briefs to appear and advise in coronial inquests, regulatory matters, professional disciplinary proceedings, environmental matters, and occupational health and safety proceedings.  She is available for written advice work. 

Amanda is also an experienced criminal defence advocate who appears in trials and in the Court of Appeal.  She holds a Victorian Bar Indictable Crime Certificate and is a Victoria Legal Aid Criminal Trial Preferred Barrister.  Recent COA matters include Rhodes (a pseudonym) v The King [2024] VSCA 15, Rolfe v Territory Coroner [2023] NTCA 8, DPP v Allen [2020] VSCA 292, Turney v The Queen [2020] VSCA 131 and Sam v The Queen [2019] VSCA 180. 

Amanda teaches a session to Victorian Bar Readers.  She has delivered training and CPD sessions to fellow barristers, solicitors at private defence firms and prosecution agencies. Amanda has also contributed to the Foley's publications A Defence Practitioner's Guide to Criminal Law (2023) and Crime and Defence (2016). Amanda is on Foley’s List and is a member of Crockett Chambers.  

Amanda previously served as an elected committee member of the Criminal Bar Association and facilitator of its CPD program.  Amanda has also served on the Victorian Bar’s Student Engagement Committee, the Magistrates’ Court Criminal Court User Group, and the Victorian Custody Reference Group.

She has undertaken cultural awareness training provided by Kellawan Indigenous Consultants. 

Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation