{{short description|Australian judge (1938–2020)}} {{Use Australian English|date=May 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}} '''David Andrew Ipp''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AO|QC}} (1938 – 8 October 2020) was a South African-born Australian lawyer, judge and Commissioner of the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption between 2009 and 2014.
Ipp was a judge of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of New South Wales.
==Education==
Ipp was born in Johannesburg, where he attended Parktown Boys' High School. He subsequently graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws from the University of Stellenbosch.<ref name=smh>[http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/commissioner-prowls-then-pounces-without-a-thought-for-mercy-20121101-28mxf.html ''Commissioner prowls, then pounces without a thought for mercy''] by Harriet Alexander & Linton Besser (Sydney Morning Herald, 2 November 2012)</ref><ref name=WhosWho>Who's Who in Australia</ref>
==Career==
In 1964, Ipp became a partner at Hayman Godfrey & Sanderson Attorneys in Johannesburg. He was admitted to the South African bar in 1973.<ref name=WhosWho/>
Ipp moved to Australia in 1981 and was admitted as a barrister in Western Australia. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1985.<ref name=smh/>
Ipp served as Treasurer of the Law Society of Western Australia in 1988. He was a Fellow at the University of Western Australia in 1999–2000, and was awarded an Inns of Court Fellowship at the University of London's Institute of Advanced Legal Studies in 1996–97.<ref name=WhosWho/>
In 1994, Ipp was a Fulbright Senior Scholar. He was scholar in residence at the University of Virginia School of Law.<ref>Ipp, "Reforms to the Adversarial Process in Civil Litigation"(1995) 69 ALJ 705.</ref>
From 1989 to 2002, Ipp served as a judge of the Supreme Court of Western Australia. From 1993 to 2001, Ipp was also the Judge in Charge of the Civil List.<ref>Farewell Ceremony for The Honourable Justice Ipp AO upon the occasion of his retirement as a Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, 13 November 2009, http://www.supremecourt.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/agdbasev7wr/supremecourt/documents/pdf/ipp_speeches.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140113091355/http://www.supremecourt.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/agdbasev7wr/supremecourt/documents/pdf/ipp_speeches.pdf |date=13 January 2014 }}</ref> From 2001 to 2002 he was Acting Judge of Appeal of the NSW Court of Appeal before being appointed a Judge of Appeal in 2002.<ref name=smh/>
In 2008, Ipp was a visiting fellow at the Wolfson College, Cambridge.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}
Ipp also served as a judge on the Supreme Court of Fiji.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}
Ipp was a member of the Court of Arbitration for Sport and had been since 2000.<ref>Court of Arbitration for Sport, "Arbitrators (General List)", http://www.tas-cas.org/arbitrators-genlist {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140113052525/http://www.tas-cas.org/arbitrators-genlist |date=13 January 2014 }}</ref>
===Tort law reform===
Ipp was the Chairman of the Panel of Eminent Persons,<ref>[http://revofneg.treasury.gov.au/content/Report2/PDF/Panel.pdf Panel of Eminent Persons] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720053610/http://www.revofneg.treasury.gov.au/content/Report2/PDF/Panel.pdf |date=20 July 2008 }}, Review of the Law of Negligence Website</ref> which former Australian Prime Minister John Howard established in 2002 to reform tort laws. The Panel produced its final report known as ''the Ipp Report'' on 30 September 2002.<ref>[http://revofneg.treasury.gov.au/content/home.asp The Ipp Report] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081020035909/http://revofneg.treasury.gov.au/content/home.asp |date=20 October 2008 }}, Australian Government Treasury website</ref> Many of the recommendations in the report were taken up by state Parliaments in enacting new personal injury legislation.
In 2007, Ipp criticised the reforms which were introduced as a result of his recommendations, suggesting many of the reforms had gone too far.<ref name=austort>[http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/tort-changes-went-too-far-judge/story-e6frg6nf-1111113288524 ''Tort changes went too far: judge''] by Chris Merritt (The Australian, 5 April 2007)</ref>
===Independent Commission Against Corruption===
In November 2009, Ipp was appointed as the Commissioner of the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC), replacing Jerrold Cripps QC whose fixed term had expired.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.icac.nsw.gov.au/media-centre/media-releases/article/3481 |publisher=Independent Commission Against Corruption |title=Justice Ipp appointed ICAC Commissioner |date=13 November 2009 |access-date=13 November 2009 |archive-date=18 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091118022351/http://www.icac.nsw.gov.au/media-centre/media-releases/article/3481 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Ipp's fixed term as Commissioner was due to expire in November 2014; however in October 2013 he announced his retirement with effect from late January 2014, citing ill health.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/icac-commissioner-david-ipp-announces-retirement-20131024-2w3ky.html |title=ICAC commissioner David Ipp announces retirement |author1=Nicholls, Sean |author2=Whitbourn, Michaela |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=24 October 2013 |accessdate=23 January 2013 }}</ref>
==Death== Ipp died in Sydney on 8 October 2020, aged 82.<ref name="Whitbourn">{{cite news |last1=Whitbourn |first1=Michaela |last2=McClymont |first2=Kate |title=Former ICAC Commissioner David Ipp dies aged 82 |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/former-icac-commissioner-david-ipp-dies-aged-82-20201009-p563ki.html |accessdate=9 October 2020 |work=Sydney Morning Herald |publisher=Nine Newspapers |date=9 October 2020}}</ref>
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