HMRC Promises to Clamp Down on Tax Avoidance, Not Just Evasion. What Should HNWs Do?
While tax evasion has long been regarded as wrong, of much greater concern to the majority of wealthy taxpayers is…
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Lucian Freud’s Art Donation and the Acceptance in Lieu Scheme
As well as being a generous donation, Lucian Freud’s gift of a Corot painting to the National Gallery got his…
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The solution is to lower the price of her own house but like most owners she sees only its merit…
ByCould Conrad Black Ever Recover his Reputation?
The New Black Is it possible to whitewash a besmirched reputation? Edward Amory believes that for the disgraced peer and…
ByWealthInsight: Turkish HNWs own $500 billion in wealth
There are 1,923 UHNWIs in Turkey, with an average wealth of US$135 million per person There are just over 94,000…
ByFirst legal brokerage in London launched by Oracle
Oracle Capital Group has formed Oracle Legal Case Management (Oracle LCM), a joint venture with Dr Yuri Rapoport, to manage…
ByRichard III Exhumed, But In the Future, How Will We Identify Kings in Carparks?
If in the year 2,600 archaeologists were to exhume the remains of, say, Margaret Thatcher, how would they go about…
ByWhy Central Banks are Still Taking Emergency Measures
Quantitative Dis(easing) While the eurozone remains at the back of investors’ minds, governments and central banks from the UK to…
ByWhy Horizontal Governance Matters
Global Localism Companies can no longer simply export their values and practices to their international arms, says Robert Amsterdam: the…
ByHedgehog Issue 30: Inside Nick Candy's House and Karl Lagerfeld's Garage
From Morocco’s literary scene, to Karl Lagerfeld’s car collection and Nick Candy’s penthouse, Spear’s columnist travels far and wide in…
ByLady Astor of Hever's Diary
My time has been almost entirely taken up over the past three months in preparing for the publication of my…
ByThe Leading Family Lawyers Who Can't Keep it in the Family
‘A thug in lawyer’s clothing’, ‘a monster with a personality disorder’, ‘a likeable buffoon’: top family lawyers rate their peers…
ByBest of Spear’s Last Week: 4th February 2013
The five most read articles on Spear’s last week and the best of the blogs The five most read articles…
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Guardian: Fendi funding restoration of the Trevi Fountain
For decades the Trevi fountain has conjured up the image of a doe-eyed Anita Ekberg cavorting at night in an…
ByPeruvian Cuisine Comes to London – And Your Own Home
Now it will be possible to bring that Latin American flavour in to your own home as Lima are launching…
ByThe Rare Tea Lady Debunks More Myths About Tea
A strong builder’s tea does no more to help us revive in the mornings than a subtle green tea, says…
BySitwell Scoffs: 'Cataclysmic Taramsalata' at the Royal Oak, Maidenhead; 34; Chakra
I made the disturbing discovery that the chef of the Royal Oak doesn’t taste the food he sends out from…
ByThe Cup Trust Scandal Reveals Buck-Passing and Damages Philanthropy
‘It was clearly a dodgy operation. No donor worth their salt would have given their hard-earned cash to the Cup…
ByWith Property, Face Time Beats Facebook
The seller (in this case our client) of the flat is a great fan of social media. It’s on his…
ByJonathan Ruffer on Beating the Recession, Quantitative Easing and Musical Westerns
Jonathan Ruffer, the founder of Ruffer and maverick of the investment management world, is a man with a love of…
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