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 |
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| Born | 13 January 1964 Taplow,Buckinghamshire,England |
| 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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