David Ipp - Career

Career

In 1964, Ipp became a partner at Hayman Godfrey & Sanderson Attorneys in Johannesburg. He was admitted to the South African bar in 1973.

Ipp moved to Australia in 1981 and was admitted as a barrister in Western Australia. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1985.

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 at the Inns of Court (UK) from 1996-97.

From 1989-2002, Ipp served as a judge of the Supreme Court of Western Australia. He was an Acting Judge of Appeal of the NSW Court of Appeal from 2001–02, before being appointed a Judge of Appeal in 2002, a position he held until 2009.

Ipp also served as a judge on the Supreme Court of Fiji.

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