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Your company is likely to enter many business relationships during your commercial activity. However, you might encounter obstacles that are unfavourable, leading to a commercial dispute. This means you and the other party disagree on an aspect of business activity and cannot find an immediate way to move forward. There are many ways to resolve business disputes, such as early neutral evaluation<\/a> (ENA). This article will explain three key points you should know about the early neutral evaluation process for your commercial dispute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Do I Need to Know About Early Neutral Evaluation (ENE)?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Early neutral evaluation (ENA) is a method for solving commercial disputes. Below are three key points about ENA to help you decide if it is right for your dispute. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. What is Early Neutral Evaluation (ENA)?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

ENA is an alternative dispute resolution<\/a> (ADR) method for commercial disputes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

ENA is a flexible path to resolving your commercial dispute. Before the dispute escalates, you and the other party will choose an independent evaluator to help resolve it. The independent evaluator will analyse the strengths and weaknesses of each argument in the dispute. Once you have the expert’s viewpoint, both parties can negotiate to resolve the commercial dispute. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ENA is used not only for commercial disputes but sometimes in private disputes as well, although commercial use is most common.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

2. Why Should I Use Early Neutral Evaluation (ENE)?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

There are many reasons why ENA may be suitable for your business disagreement. You may decide to use ENA because you are in the initial stages of the dispute and want to try to resolve it before things escalate. In this case, ENA can be an excellent option because it is less lengthy and expensive than litigation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Note that ENA is not binding and is a voluntary method for finding a solution to your dispute.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Moreover, ENA is confidential unless you agree otherwise; neither party can then refer to it in any later court litigation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Who Can I Choose as My Evaluator in Early Neutral Evaluation (ENE)?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

It is important that you select someone suitable to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of your arguments. Otherwise, the opinion they give both parties can be flawed. However, it is up to you and the other party to choose who the evaluator is. For example, you could choose:<\/p>\n\n\n\n