Adam Raviv, counsel at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr in Washington, DC, argues that dispositive motions such as those seen in the US and English courts would be workable, enforceable and beneficial in international arbitration - and proposes some rule changes to accommodate them.

The organiser of a summit at the European Forum for New Ideas and president of the Lewiatan Court of Arbitration in Warsaw, Beata Gessel-Kalinowska vel Kalisz, tells Alison Ross about the event and what will happen now.

A summit at the European Forum for New Ideas in Poland considered the future of international arbitration in Europe, including such questions as whether Europe should have its own ICSID and whether tribunals should have the power to submit questions of law to the European Court of Justice.

Chartered Institute of Arbitrators president Doug Jones reports on his travels in the UK, the Channel Islands and Germany and on a major CIArb conference on costs.

Yu Jianlong, the secretary general and vice chair of the China International Economic and Trade Commission, tells Alison Ross about recent developments in CIETAC arbitration and what to expect from the forthcoming rules revision.

Price review arbitrations arising from gas supply contracts are beset with uncertainties. Ben Holland and Jeremy Wilson, partners in the energy disputes group at CMS Cameron McKenna in London, urge parties to consider baseball arbitration for a predictable and commercially viable outcome.

On the eve of the UK Bribery Act entering into force, Paul Cohen, a partner at Thompson & Knight in New York and the author of a leading book on corruption, considers its impact on international arbitration.

Fifty years ago, ICCA was born out of a simple proposal in a Swiss café. Today, the organisation is, in the words of UK arbitrator VV Veeder QC, “indispensable”. Alison Ross looks back at five decades of achievements – and considers where ICCA should go from here

Two young arbitration practitioners – billed as “surprise speakers from the future” – were invited to take the stage at the ICCA 50 conference in Geneva to voice their concerns about international arbitration. Here are their messages

Drawing on data from institutions across the region, Matthew Hodgson of Allen & Overy in Prague says arbitration in Europe’s former communist countries is flourishing