An independent inquiry into how police and prosecutors handled ex-Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins' rape allegations is designed to restore public confidence in the ACT's criminal justice system.
Former Queensland solicitor-general and court of appeal boss Walter Sofrnoff will investigate if police, the Director of Public Prosecutions or the Victims of Crime Commissioner breached their duties through the investigation.
He'll report to Andrew Barr by June 30, with the ACT Chief Minister suggesting findings were likely to be released in August.
