Johanna Cutts

Dame Johannah Cutts DBE, styled Mrs Justice Cutts, is a British High Court Judge.[1]

The Honourable
Mrs Justice Johannah Cutts
High Court Judge
King's Bench Division
Assumed office
2018-present
MonarchsElizabeth II
Charles III
Personal details
Born (1964-01-13) 13 January 1964
Taplow
NationalityBritish
Alma materThe Chelmer Institute

Early life

Cutts was born in Taplow on the 13th of January, 1964.[2] She attended St Helen and St Katherine's School in Abingdon-on-Thames. She would later complete a Bachelor of Laws at Anglia Ruskin University, (formerly known as The Chelmer Institute),[3] making her the first in her family to do so.[2][1][4]

Cutts was called to the Bar by Inner Temple in 1986 and specialised in criminal law, with a particular interest in cases involving vulnerable persons. Whilst practicing, Cutts developed best practices and procedures in the handling of serious sexual assault cases involving young or vulnerable victims.[1] In 2005, she would contribute to the 5th edditon of 'Rook and Ward on Sexual Offences'.[2]

Before becoming a Judge, Cutts practiced at the London based 'Foundry Chambers',[5] formerly known as '9-12 Bell Yard'.[6][7]

She would be appointed Queen's Counsel in 2008.[8][9]

Cutts would be appointed as a Recorder in 2002[10] and later a Circuit Judge in 2011, sitting at Aylesbury and Reading Crown Courts.[1][11]

The Lord Chief Justice then in 2014, appointed Cutts as a Deputy High Court Judge and directed to sit in the Court of Appeal's Criminal Division. In October 2018 Cutts would be assigned to the King's Bench division of the High Court.[12][13] Taking up post from the 1st of October 2018, she received her customary DBE from the late monarch Queen Elizabeth II.[14][2]

References
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  2. "Cutts, Hon. Dame Johannah, (born 13 Jan. 1964), a Judge of the High Court, Queen's Bench Division, since 2018; Presiding Judge, Western Circuit, since 2021". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U246763. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
  3. "Our history - ARU". aru.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
  4. July 2018, Joshua Rozenberg16. "Filling the judicial void". Law Gazette. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
  5. "ABOUT US". FOUNDRY CHAMBERS. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
  6. "thelawpages". thelawpages. Retrieved 2022-09-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. FCsewAmi9bell (2018-07-11). "Congratulations HHJ Cutts QC". FOUNDRY CHAMBERS. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
  8. "Five lawyers including two solicitors appointed High Court judges". Local Government Lawyer. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
  9. "thegazzette notice".
  10. "Crown Office". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  11. "Warrants Under the Royal Sign Manual | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  12. "Crown Office | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  13. "Judicial appointments: August 31, 2018". The Times. 2018-08-31. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
  14. "Third woman for Supreme Court". Counsel Magazine. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
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