Johanna Cutts

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

The Honourable
Mrs Justice 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, Buckinghamshire, England
Alma materThe Chelmer Institute

Early life and education

Cutts was born in Taplow, Buckinghamshire on 13 January 1964.[2] She was educated at St Helen and St Katherine's School in Abingdon-on-Thames and read Law 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 practiced 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. 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 contributed to the 5th edition of Rook and Ward on Sexual Offences.[2]

Cutts was appointed Queen's Counsel in 2008.[8][9]

Cutts 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 DBE from Queen Elizabeth II.[14][2]

Notable cases

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]

References
  1. "High Court Judges 2018 | Judicial Appointments Commission". 2020-09-21. Archived from the original on 2020-09-21. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
  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.
  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.
  15. BBC News, Phillip Schofield's brother jailed for child abuse, 19 May 2023
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