Early Neutral Evaluation: A New and Practical Alternative Dispute Resolution

Document Type : Original Article

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Associate Professor of Law, Hazrat-e Masoumeh University

10.48308/jlr.2022.225893.2104

Abstract

Early Neutral Evaluation ("ENE") is a form of ADR that has become increasingly popular in recent years but is still not known in our legal system. This article proposes the incorporation of a lesser-known Early Neutral Evaluation mechanism. ENE is often cheaper, faster, and more flexible than other forms of dispute resolution processes such as arbitration and litigation. Parties often tend to exaggerate their pleadings and form an unrealistic view of their case. The primary focus of ENE is to provide the parties with an early and frank evaluation by an objective observer of both the merits of the case and of expeditious ways to achieve resolution. Early Neutral Evaluation is seeing the end from the beginning, before entering time-consuming court or arbitral procedures. This article intends to describe why Early Neutral Evaluation must enter into Iranian legal systems. What are the elements and features of this alternative dispute resolution, and under what circumstances it might be used most productively?

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  • Receive Date: 21 February 2022
  • Revise Date: 23 September 2022
  • Accept Date: 15 October 2022

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