Dame Johannah Cutts DBE, styled Ms Justice Cutts, is a British High Court Judge. [1]
Ms Justice Cutts | |
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High Court Judge King's Bench Division | |
Assumed office 2018–present | |
Monarchs |
Elizabeth II Charles III |
Personal details | |
Born | Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England | 13 January 1964
Alma mater | The Chelmer Institute |
Johannah Cutts was born in Taplow, Buckinghamshire on 13 January 1964. [2] She was educated at St Helen and St Katharine's School in Abingdon-on-Thames and read Law at Anglia Ruskin University (formerly known as The Chelmer Institute). [3] [2] [1] [4]
Cutts was called to the Bar by Inner Temple in 1986 and practised at the London-based Foundry Chambers, [5] formerly known as 9-12 Bell Yard. [6] [7] She specialised in criminal law, with a particular interest in cases involving vulnerable persons. While practising, Cutts developed best practices and procedures in the handling of serious sexual assault cases involving young or vulnerable victims. [1] In 2005, she contributed to the 5th edition of Rook and Ward on Sexual Offences. [2]
Cutts was appointed Queen's Counsel in 2008. [8] [9] She was appointed a Recorder in 2002, [10] and later a Circuit Judge in 2011, sitting at Aylesbury and Reading Crown Courts. [1] [11]
In 2014, Cutts was appointed a Deputy High Court Judge and in October 2018 she became a Justice of the High Court and assigned to the King's Bench Division. [12] [13] Upon appointment to the High Court in 2018 she received the customary damehood (DBE) from Queen Elizabeth II. [14] [2]
In April and May 2023, Cutts presided over the trial of Timothy Schofield, brother of TV presenter Phillip Schofield, on charges of sexual offences involving a minor, imposing a sentence of 12 years imprisonment. [15] She also presided over the 2023 trial of Darren Osment, for the murder of his former partner Claire Holland in June 2012. [16]
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