James Hamilton (born 20 March 1949) is an Irish barrister and administrator who served as the Director of Public of Prosecutions from 1999 to 2011.
Before becoming Director of Public Prosecutions, Hamilton was a practising barrister and was head of the office of the Attorney General of Ireland.
[3] In 2018, Hamilton was appointed to chair a review into the anti-Fraud and anti-Corruption Measures in the Irish Department of Justice, instituted by then Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald.
"[12] A majority of MSPs on the Committee on the Scottish Government Handling of Harassment Complaints concluded that it was "hard to believe" Sturgeon when she told Parliament she had not known about concerns of inappropriate behaviour Mr Salmond before November 2017.
It also determined that Sturgeon gave an "inaccurate account" of what happened when she met Mr Salmond at her home on 2 April 2018 and had misled the committee.