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