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Honoured to be featured in London Daily News last month. If you ever wanted to know more about my story this is one to check out. The full article, visit this link: https://www.londondaily.news/__sentry/balanced/how-barrister-cynthia-mcfarlane-is-helping-business-owners-build-lasting-legacies/

As an international mediator and the founder of Lawpreneur®, Cynthia McFarlane is dedicated to helping business leaders prevent disputes before they become costly conflicts. In her recent appearance on the XRaised podcast last month, Cynthia shares how mediation, early intervention, and the Lawpreneur® framework empower entrepreneurs to protect their businesses, relationships, and long-term legacy. If you're looking for a smarter, proactive approach to legal risk and conflict

This comes as no surprise to legal expert and barrister Cynthia McFarlane, who told the Mirror: "He has murdered not only a woman with whom he was in the course of a domestic relationship, but this was his girlfriend who was carrying his child. And while Ms McFarlane notes that McCullagh may "welcome this protection for his own safety", she believes there are some who won't be pleased about this "softer option" - including Natalie's family, who he so maliciously deceived. She

A few days ago I was asked to contribute to an article Homebuilding and Renovating . Was extremely please to see that used an almost complete response from me. You can check out the article here: https://www.homebuilding.co.uk/outdoors/bamboo-in-garden-uk-law

I have just paid my professional indemnity (PI) insurance for this year, and honestly, I had to go and take a lie-down in a dark room for a few minutes. It wasn’t because I forgot to pay it or because there was a mistake on the form. It was because the number staring back at me was double what it was last year. I expected it to be roughly the same, but then the reality of growth hit me; my income doubled last year, and so did my fee. This is the double-edged sword of success

Today is Friday, 27 February 2026. As you sip your afternoon coffee, a digital clock in Arlington, Virginia, is ticking down to a 5:01 PM deadline that should make every business owner in the UK break into a cold sweat. The Pentagon has issued an ultimatum to Anthropic, the AI giant behind Claude. The demand? Drop the guardrails. Remove the "safety" features that prevent the AI from being used for mass surveillance or autonomous weaponry. The alternative? Anthropic gets black

On this same topic, the Mirror also heard from legal expert Cynthia McFarlane, who advised that, in her view, "it would be inevitable that Dominique Pelicot would face a risk of injury or a risk to his life if he came into contact with prisoners." She explained: "He has committed one of the most heinous crimes, rape. He has abused his wife when in a position of trust, that he has abused and where she was at her most vulnerable, in a drugged state, sleeping. Additional aggrava

You have spent the last few years doing what others deemed impossible. You have built an AI-driven powerhouse, scaled your operations, and established yourself as a leader in the tech space. Your innovation is your legacy. But as of 5 February 2026, the ground beneath the UK SaaS and AI sector has shifted. The commencement of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (DUAA) is no longer a distant regulatory cloud on the horizon; it is the current climate. For high-growth entrepreneu

Your AI agent just made a 'binding' promise. Cheers for the efficiency, but who’s actually on the hook when it goes sideways? In the UK, the 'back door' is wide open for business owners who assume tech comes with a built-in legal shield. Spoiler: it doesn’t. Whether it's a bot over-promising or an algorithm glitching on a contract, the liability doesn’t vanish into the cloud. It lands right on your desk. I love tech, but 'moving fast and breaking things' is a nightmare when t

The traditional legal career path in the UK is clear. Seven years of education. Mountains of debt. A pupillage or training contract. Professional exams. Regulatory hoops. And then, maybe you get to help people navigate the legal system. But what if you don't have seven years to spare? What if you're already building a business, pivoting careers, or simply refusing to accept that the only way into the legal field is through a system designed in the 19th century? You're not alo