Amanda Tipples

The Honourable
Mrs Justice Tipples
Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom
High Court Judge
King's Bench Division
Incumbent
Assumed office
2 December 2019
MonarchsElizabeth II
Charles III
Personal details
Born (1966-12-18) 18 December 1966 (age 57)
Pembury, England
Alma materGonville and Caius College, Cambridge

Dame Amanda Jane Tipples, DBE, KC (born 18 December 1966)[1] is a British High Court judge assigned to the King's Bench Division.

Early life and education

Tipples was born in Pembury, England and was educated at Roedean School. She then attended Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where she studied zoology and specialised in molecular biology, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1989. She completed her legal education at the Council of Legal Education.[1]

She was called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1991 and practised from Maitland Chambers.[2] She served as a recorder from 2009 and took silk to become a Queen's Counsel (QC) in 2011. In 2013, she was appointed a deputy High Court judge, hearing cases in the Chancery Division, and served as Lieutenant Bailiff of Guernsey from 2016 to 2019.[3][1]

On 2 December 2019, Tipples was appointed a justice of the High Court, replacing Sir Paul Walker, and assigned to the Queen's Bench Division (later the King's Bench Division).[4] She received the customary damehood in the same year. Since 2022, she has been Presiding Judge of the Midland Circuit.[1][4]

Notable cases in which she presided over as judge include the Murder of Shawn Seesahai.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Tipples, Dame Amanda (Jane), (born 18 Dec. 1966)". Who's Who (UK). 1 December 2021. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u254114. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  2. ^ "High Court Judge Appointment". Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  3. ^ "High Court Judge Appointments". Judiciary UK. 15 November 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Senior Judiciary". Judiciary UK. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Mrs Justice Tipples details the events that led to the conviction of two boys believed to be the UK's youngest knife killers". Sky News. 27 September 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.