Q3, 2023
Contents
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The Agenda
14 EDITOR’S LETTER
By Edwin Smith
16 READERS’ LETTERS
Our readers share their views
18 DIARY
With real estate entrepreneur and reality TV star Mauricio Umansky
20 PHILANTHROPY
Tessy Ojo CBE, chief executive of the Diana Award, on inspiring future leaders
22 THE HEDGEHOG
News from the HNW universe, from property to finance and yachts
24 BOOKS
It was the worst of times, it was... End Times by Peter Turchin
26 LIQUID LUNCH
IEA director general Mark Littlewood on taxes, state overreach, the NHS and the next Tory leader
28 MATTHEW GOODWIN
Plotting a route to an improbable election victory in 2024 for Rishi Sunak
29 ANNAMARIA KOERLING
A look ahead to a day when AI might eventually be trusted to make investment decisions on your behalf
30 ROBERT AMSTERDAM
The clampdown on ‘oligarchs’ is taking the UK down an ominous path
31 GARETH PARKER-JONES
Rugby School’s head on Labour’s plans to impose VAT on private schools
The Briefing 33
FAMILY LAW
34 DIVIDING LINES
The Spear’s Family Law Survey
38 CONFLICT ZONE
Experts explain why ‘conf licting out’ is not worth all the effort
40 UNHAPPY RESOLUTION?
Many within the industry say Resolution fails to inspire respect
42 GOLD STANDARD
The shifting ground of prenup law
43 EXIT STRATEGY
Managing the PR side of a divorce
45 BURIED TREASURE
What happens when a party in a divorce tries to conceal assets
47 ALL CHANGE ON THE GULF
Abu Dhabi’s new family court
50 DUBAI’S DIVORCE DOYENNE
We meet Diana Hamade
