United Kingdom

Courts can order Early Neutral Evaluation without consent (Lomax v Lomax, 2019).

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§ 01The legal backdrop

What shapes evaluation here.

New York Convention: Party
Singapore Convention: Signed 3 May 2023; not yet ratified
Register Neutrals here: 21
Reference city: London

Notes

Courts can order Early Neutral Evaluation without consent (Lomax v Lomax, 2019)
Courts can order parties to engage in ADR (Churchill v Merthyr Tydfil, 2023)
Party to the New York Convention

Convention status from the UNCITRAL status table and the New York Convention list, checked October 2026. Not legal advice; local counsel should confirm.

Status: an orientation page. Local-law distinctions on this page have not yet been reviewed by a local expert, and nothing here claims that one standard is legally effective in this country. Each page will carry a “last legally reviewed” date once reviewed.

§ 02Where evaluation is used

Sectors and questions in United Kingdom.

Finance Insurance Technology Construction

The merits of a claim01Differences & disputesEarly Neutral EvaluationHow strong is each side’s position, and what is the likely range of outcomes if it is decided?An insurance coverage question02Differences & disputesEarly Neutral EvaluationDoes the policy respond to this loss, and to what extent?An independent read of a board paper03Strategy & board decisionsClarity Snapshot™Does this paper give the board what it needs to decide, and is anything material missing or overstated?Is this AI system fit for its use04Technology, data & AIEvaluation PanelWithin an agreed evidence and testing scope, does this AI system perform as claimed for its intended use, and what remains unassured?

§ 03The Register

United Kingdom

What shapes evaluation here.

Sectors and questions in United Kingdom.

Certified Neutrals practising here.

Andrew Agapiou

Andrew Dane

Andrew Miller QC

Angela Grahame

Ben Horn

Christopher Chilton

Craig Connal

David T. Kinnear

Dorothy Murray

Gregory Hunt

Jane Player

Jeremy Russell QC

John C. Abbott

John Robert Papworth

Jonathan Lux

Jonathan Pearl

Lucy Greenwood

Mark Entwistle

Matthew Finn

Paul Key Q.C.

Sarosh Zaiwalla