min ent ▁Pers ons , ▁which ▁former ▁Australian ▁Prime ▁Minister ▁John ▁Howard ▁established ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁to ▁reform ▁tort ▁laws . ▁The ▁P anel ▁produced ▁its ▁final ▁report ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁I pp ▁Report ▁on ▁ 3 0 ▁September ▁ 2 0 0 2 . ▁Many ▁of ▁the ▁recommend ations ▁in ▁the ▁report ▁were ▁taken ▁up ▁by ▁state ▁Parliament s ▁in ▁en act ing ▁new ▁personal ▁injury ▁legisl ation . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁I pp ▁critic ised ▁the ▁re forms ▁which ▁were ▁introduced ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁his ▁recommend ations , ▁suggesting ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁re forms ▁had ▁gone ▁too ▁far . ▁ ▁Independent ▁Commission ▁Again st ▁Cor ruption ▁ ▁In ▁November ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁I pp ▁was ▁appointed ▁as ▁the ▁Commission er ▁of ▁the ▁NS W ▁Independent ▁Commission ▁Again st ▁Cor ruption ▁( IC AC ), ▁replacing ▁Jer ro ld ▁C ri pp s ▁Q C ▁whose ▁fixed ▁term ▁had ▁exp ired . ▁I pp ' s ▁fixed ▁term ▁as ▁Commission er ▁was ▁due ▁to ▁exp ire ▁in ▁November ▁ 2 0 1 4 ; ▁however ▁in ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁he ▁announced ▁his ▁ret irement ▁with ▁effect ▁from ▁late ▁January ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁cit ing ▁ill ▁health . ▁ ▁I pp ▁has ▁since ▁been ▁involved ▁in ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁significant ▁IC AC ▁investig ations ▁including ▁the ▁investigation ▁of ▁cor ruption ▁alleg ations ▁against ▁several ▁members ▁of ▁parliament ▁and ▁former ▁cabinet ▁minister s . ▁ ▁References