John-Patrick Asimakis

Barrister, Essex Court Chambers

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.

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Law of the arbitration agreement (England and Wales)

Practice Notes

This Practice Note discusses the consequences of the doctrine of separability of the arbitration clause and considers how a court or tribunal, in England and Wales, determines the applicable law of the arbitration agreement in the absence of an express choice, whether in the clause itself or by incorporation of arbitration rules, and also considers why this can be important in (international) arbitration proceedings. This topic may be referred to as establishing the governing law of the arbitration agreement, determining the law applicable to an arbitration clause, the importance or significance of the law of the arbitration agreement, the proper law of the arbitration agreement, the principles for establishing or ascertaining the applicable law of the arbitration agreement.

Arbitration