David Andrew Ipp 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 born in Johannesburg, where he attended Parktown Boys' High School.
[5] Ipp was the Chairman of the Panel of Eminent Persons,[6] which former Australian Prime Minister John Howard established in 2002 to reform tort laws.
[8] 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.
[9] 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.