When it Comes to Legal Privilege, It's Not What You Say, It's Who You Say it To
Clients beware. Only lawyers, and not accountants, have legal privilege when it comes to your tax advice. My mother’s definition…
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Francois Pinault: The Big Danger Facing us Today is the ‘Return of Populism’
‘The big danger is the return of populism. The system is tired, even if democracy is still the best system,’…
ByIan Marsh, Head of Asset Management at FF&P, on What UHNW Clients Need Today
In 2012 Ian Marsh, former CEO of Credit Suisse UK’s Private Bank, joined multi-family office FF&P. What does this move…
ByThings May be Looking Up for London Property, But It's Still a Buyer's Market
Despite plenty of positive economic signs, estate agents are finding it hard to close deals. THE MOOD IS positive; the…
ByWith millions at stake, who is competent to make a will?
There is nothing quite like a family fall-out to attract the press, particularly when the cause of the dispute is…
ByThe Dictator’s Legacy: Selling Off the Family Business
GENETIC MODIFICATIONS Businesses often owe their success to family togetherness, but that same connection can also be the ultimate cause…
ByThe Pope Has Resigned. What About The Succession?
SPEAR’S HAS A lot of experience when it comes to family businesses and succession, so naturally I wasn’t surprised when…
ByRating the Latin in the Pope's Resignation Letter
Vale, we say to him in Latin, the language which the Curia is single-handedly refreshing, or at least torturing by…
ByHas Shropshire Defeated Its Windfarm Menace?
Tilting at Windmills With the upgrading of his historic house to Grade I-listing, William Cash hopes he has finally defeated…
BySpear’s Monday Catch-Up: Best of the Weekend’s Papers
We’ve trawled through the weekend papers and picked out the best bits so you don’t have to We’ve trawled through…
ByBureaucreep Keeps Britain Spending
This disease, which we shall call Endlessly-Advancing Bureaucreep (EAB), is the very cause of the euro-crisis The UK government’s annual…
ByIn a Horse Meat Lasagne World, Investors Can Profit
THE GAME OF RISK Globalisation has brought with it complex dangers for investors, as financial or political upheaval, cyber-crime and…
ByThe Rare Tea Lady on the Art of a Good Blend
Whether you’re drinking whisky, tea or whisky with tea, a good blend can be a real pleasure but be weary…
ByAndrew Kojima Reveals his (Not So) Secret Weapon: a Thermomix
It helped him on MasterChef, and chefs have named their Thermomix as their most prized kitchen tool probably because it…
ByDom Perignon’s 2002 Rosé Reviewed
With this vintage, Dom Perignon’s chef de cave Richard Geoffroy says he wants to ‘put the pinot in the spotlight,…
ByReview: Novikov
Novikov’s Italian restaurant failed Emily Rookwood’s food test, but passed her companion’s umbrella test. Inevitably when you’re going out to…
BySitwell Scoffs: Seeking 'Restoration' in Pratt's and Eating Breakfast for Dinner
Sitwell’s blog has gone topsy-turvy this week, he doesn’t eat in any restaurants and he has breakfast for dinner… This…
ByLynne Featherstone, Minister for International Development, Speaks Out Against FGC
‘Yesterday I did same-sex marriage, today it’s FGC [female genital cutting],’ said Lynne Featherstone, minister for international development, speaking at…
ByDr Frederick Mulder on Supporting the Orchid Project to End FGC
Spreading the Word Sophie McBain hears how innovative philanthropy is tackling one of the most barbaric practices around today: female…
ByEugene Onegin, ROH
Gone are sumptuous sets and elaborate costumes, replaced by a more one-dimensional yet visually compelling set The Royal Opera House’s…
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