Independent Assessor for Westminster Abbey appointment
The Lord Chancellor has appointed His Honour Keith Cutler CBE as Independent Assessor of the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter, Westminster (Westminster Abbey).
The post of Independent Assessor was created in 2004 following the Cameron Review of Royal Peculiars. An Independent Assessor is appointed to a Royal Peculiar by the Lord Chancellor for a 5 year renewable term. An Independent Assessor provides advice to a Royal Peculiar on request and has the function of moderating and considering grievances after all normal channels have been exhausted.
His Honour Keith Cutler CBE was Resident Judge of Winchester and Salisbury from 2009 - 2021 and has been a lay canon of Salisbury Cathedral.