John-Patrick Asimakis
John-Patrick Asimakis is a barrister at Essex Court Chambers with a broad commercial practice and a particular interest in international commercial arbitration.
Prior to coming to the Bar, John-Patrick worked at an international law firm, qualified as a solicitor in Australia, served as a Judicial Assistant at the New South Wales Court of Appeal and was a Stipendiary Lecturer in Law at Brasenose College, University of Oxford.
He is an editor of Zuckerman on Civil Procedure and the Corporation Law Bulletin. His academic writing has been published on various areas of the law.
John-Patrick has a BCL with Distinction from the University of Oxford and a BA/LLB with First Class Honours from the University of Sydney.
Practice Area
Panel
- Contributing Author
Membership
- Young International Arbitration Group
1 Contributions by John-Patrick Asimakis
PRACTICE NOTES
Arbitration Act 2025 reforms to the law governing arbitration agreements: s 6A AA 1996, seat-based default, separability, anti-suit relief and transitional issues (England and Wales)
This Practice Note explores what is meant by the law governing an arbitration agreement and the manner in which that law is identified under the law of England and Wales (using England and English as convenient shorthand in this context). It further addresses the newly passed Arbitration Act 2025 and the changes it has introduced to the English law rules that govern deciding which law applies to arbitration agreements.
The law of the arbitration agreement
Under the Arbitration Act 1996 (AA 1996), an arbitration agreement—where the seat is in England and Wales or Northern Ireland—is an agreement to refer existing or future disputes, contractual or otherwise, to arbitration (AA 1996, s 6). Most often, this is set out as a clause in the principal contract, though it may equally be recorded in a separate agreement, either when the contract is made or once a dispute has emerged. Nevertheless, even when embedded in the main contract, it is treated, for particular legal purposes, as an autonomous agreement by virtue of separability (AA 1996, s 7)...
Arbitration
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