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