Full Profile
Alison Siniver has over 20 years experience in defending claims against accountants, IFAs, solicitors and insurance brokers.
Alison is particularly experienced in all claims relating to tax advice and corporate finance and over the past 10 years has advised accountants, solicitors and tax advisors in relation to all manner of tax schemes, reliefs and arrangements from film partnerships and other collective investment schemes to Employee Benefit Trusts and other disguised remuneration schemes. She has also represented directors on instructions from D & O insurers on claims relating to the extraction of funds from companies into schemes and offshore trusts. More recently Alison’s team has advised on many Research and Development relief and VAT claims.
Alison also advises insurers on professional indemnity and D&O coverage issues.
Alison provides specialist updates on new tax avoidance legislation, government consultations and risk management advice to accountants.
Alison Siniver is outstanding in claims against accountants and tax advisers. She is tenacious and a tough fighter, but also has an outstanding knowledge of the law including authorities."
Legal 500 2024 submissions
Excellent in all respects. A number of brilliant partners, who are hands on and deal with things well (Julian Smart, Alison Siniver)."
Legal 500 2024 submissions
Experience
- Acting for a firm of accountants on 2 group actions involving collectively around 300 claims relating to film finance tax schemes.
- Acting for accountants in relation to claims involving payments of secret commissions.
- Acting for a tax adviser on a multi million pound claim relating to advice to a company on a corporate finance restructure.
- Acting for a firm of solicitors for a 12 million pound claim relating to a failed commercial litigation claim.
- Acting for an insurance broker in respect of a loss of chance claim relating to failure to take out appropriate insurance cover for fire damage.
- Acting for accountants in respect of a claim relating to VAT payable in Europe post Brexit.
