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

Mrs Justice Tipples
High Court Judge
King's Bench Division
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

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 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 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 judge 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]

References edit

  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.