Q3, 2024

Contents

The Agenda

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22 LIQUID LUNCH

Enhanced Games founder Aron D’Souza explains why his project is more than just ‘the doping Olympics’

24 ROBERT AMSTERDAM

We in the West are sleepwalking through our terminal decline

25 ANNAMARIA KOERLING

Hiring the right person to run your family office is harder than you’d think

26 MATTHEW GOODWIN

The incoming government will face an unenviable tax conundrum thanks to our low-growth, high-tax economy

8 READERS’ LETTERS

Our readers share their views

10 EDITOR’S LETTER

By Edwin Smith

12 DIARY

Chef Yannick Alléno on life at his London Pavyllon restaurant

14 PHILANTHROPY

With actor and prolific charity devotee Sophie Winkleman

16 SHOT BEFORE DAWN

Photographs from the Spear’s 500 Live event at the Savoy

18 THE HEDGEHOG

News from around the HNW universe, including an unlikely Netflix star

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The Briefing

FAMILY LAW

30 END OF AN ERA

As the ‘Queen Bees’ of family law begin to leave the hive, who will claim the highest-profile cases?

32 FAMILY LAW SURVEY 2024

How leading practitioners view trends and changes in the industry

34 LET THERE BE LIGHT

How increased transparency in the courts is changing family law

35 BINDING IN MATRIMONY

Why prenups are finally becoming more popular on these shores

37 DELAYED RATIFICATION

Society has moved on – and English family law is not keeping up

38 A FAIR LEGACY

We meet Sir Nicholas Mostyn, ex-judge and a family law legend