Participation in Research Project
08 March 2022
IP Members,
You are invited to take part in a research project by completing an anonymous, online survey. The research project is titled: A Cross-Jurisdictional Comparison of the Use of Commercial Litigation Funding in Insolvency and is funded by an INSOL International research grant.
You have been invited because of your professional experience in the context of insolvency/external administration. Your contact details were obtained from the INSOL International membership list.
The ethical aspects of this research project have been approved by
- Australia: The Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) of the University of South Australia as required by the Australian government research requirements, specified in the National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research (2007 - updated 2018). This statement has been developed to protect the interests of people who agree to participate in human research studies.
- Canada: The University of Calgary Conjoint Faculties Research Ethics Board has approved this study (REB21-1005)
- New Zealand: The Human Ethics Committee at the University of Canterbury
- Singapore: Singapore Management University, Institutional Review Board has approved this study (IRB-21-195-E064(1121))
- South Africa: University of Pretoria Ethics Committee
- United States of America: The IRB at the University of Illinois Chicago
and endorsed by the other institutions involved in this project based on ethics approval obtained at the lead institution, University of South Australia, Australia.
The anonymous, online survey will take approximately 20 minutes to complete and can be accessed here.
You will be asked to click the consent section on the online survey. By clicking the consent section, you are telling us that you:
- Understand what you have read and understood the Participation Information Sheet - see below
- Consent to take part in the research project
- Consent to the use of information you provided as described.
We thank you in advance for your participation in the research project.
Yours sincerely
INSOL International, on behalf of
- Assoc Prof Sulette Lombard, University of South Australia, Australia
- Prof Christopher Symes, University of Adelaide, Australia
- Prof Andre Boraine, University of Pretoria, South Africa
- Prof Irene Lynch Fannon, University College Cork, Ireland
- Assoc Prof Jassmine Girgis, University of Calgary, Canada
- Assistant Prof (Dr) Aurelio Gurrea-Martinez, Singapore Management University, Singapore
- Prof Paul B Lewis, The University of Illionois at Chicago, USA
- Prof Lynne Taylor, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
- Prof Michael Veder, Radboud University, The Netherlands
- Prof Peter Walton, University of Wolverhampton, England
- Prof Dr Annika Wolf, University of Applied Sciences Emden-Leer, Germany
Take care
René Bekker
Chief Operating Officer