An ICC Young Arbitrators Forum in Milan, hosted by Franco Italian firm Castaldi Mourre & Partners, assessed the first year of application of the 2012 ICC rules, with input from ICC representatives, young practitioners and in-house counsel. Janice Feigher, counsel at Castaldi Mourre in Paris, reports.

Matthew Weiniger and Alejandro Garcia, partner and senior associate at Herbert Smith Freehills in London, consider two recent ICSID awards that decided claims for moral damages.

Key players in the niche world of sports arbitration shared their experiences at a seminar organised by the School of International Arbitration at Queen Mary, University of London. Felipe Vollbrecht Sperandio, an associate at Clyde & Co in London, reports.

Arnold & Porter picked up a prize at the 2013 GAR Awards in Bogotá for "large international arbitration practice that impressed". GAR interviews practice head Paolo Di Rosa and partner Jean Kalicki about the firm's successes.

Aditya Singh, associate at White & Case in London, reports on a seminar on the 2012 White & Case/Queen Mary International Arbitration Survey: “Current and Preferred Practices in the Arbitral Process”.

A group of young and not so young practitioners has presented leading Swiss arbitrator Pierre Tercier with a book reflecting his influence on arbitration practice and love of classical music at an event in Fribourg, Switzerland, to mark his 70th birthday.

With over a third of all registered ICSID cases relating to the energy sector, participants at this year’s Juris Investment Treaty Arbitration Conference examined the important intersection of energy disputes with international investment law and arbitration. Ian Laird, partner at Crowell & Moring, and Borzu Sabahi, associate at Curtis Mallet-Prevost Colt & Mosle, report.

Mark Kantor, a Washington, DC based arbitrator, considers the arbitrators’ approach to damages in this week's Rompetrol award.

The Singapore International Arbitration Centre marked the opening of its first overseas office in India with an event in Mumbai. SIAC's head of South Asia Vivekananda N, who runs the office, reports.

Paul Cohen and William Katz, partners at Thompson & Knight in New York and Dallas, explain why international arbitration’s corruption jurisprudence is well-intentioned but wrong.

They’re at the heart of the arbitral process but receive little attention because of their secretive nature. This year’s International Bar Association Arbitration Day in Bogotá considered what really goes on in arbitrator deliberations and how they can be more effective. Alison Ross reports on the highlights.

Authors: Stuart Dutson, Andy Moody and Neil Newing. Publisher: Globe Law and Business, 2013. Reviewed by George Burn, partner at Salans in London