SIAN GISSING 

 

Sian Gissing Global Holdings Ltd

Trading as Sian Gissing Strategic Legal Consultancy

Last updated: 27 July 2026

 

1. Purpose of this Disclaimer

This Consultancy Disclaimer explains the nature, scope and limitations of the services provided by Sian Gissing Global Holdings Ltd, trading as Sian Gissing Strategic Legal Consultancy (“the Consultancy”, “we”, “us” or “our”).

It applies to:

• consultations;
• legal and factual research;
• strategic guidance;
• document review and organisation;
• educational materials;
• digital products;
• website content;
• social-media content;
• telephone, email and online communications;
• any other service supplied through www.siangissing.com.

This Disclaimer should be read alongside our:

• Terms and Conditions;
• Privacy Policy;
• Cookie Policy;
• Cancellation and Refund Policy;
• individual service descriptions;
• booking and engagement information.

 

2. Our regulatory status

Sian Gissing Strategic Legal Consultancy is a trading name of Sian Gissing Global Holdings Ltd.

The Consultancy is not a solicitors’ practice and is not authorised or regulated by:

• the Solicitors Regulation Authority;
• the Bar Standards Board;
• the Financial Conduct Authority;
• another approved legal-services regulator.

Sian Gissing does not hold herself out as a practising solicitor or barrister.

Nothing on the Website, in a consultation or in our communications should be interpreted as stating or implying that the Consultancy is a regulated law firm.

 

3. Nature of the services

The Consultancy may provide non-reserved services including:

• strategic legal consultancy;
• general legal information;
• legal and factual research;
• educational support;
• analysis of documents and correspondence;
• assistance identifying issues, risks and options;
• commercial and dispute strategy;
• practical preparation before instructing a solicitor or barrister;
• support organising information, evidence and chronologies;
• signposting to appropriately qualified professionals.

Our role is to help clients move from confusion to clarity by understanding their circumstances, identifying relevant considerations and developing practical next steps.

 

4. No reserved legal activities

Unless expressly delivered through a separately instructed and appropriately authorised professional, the Consultancy does not undertake reserved legal activities.

We do not ordinarily:

• conduct litigation on behalf of clients;
• issue court proceedings as a client’s legal representative;
• exercise rights of audience;
• represent clients in court or tribunal proceedings;
• prepare reserved instruments;
• undertake reserved probate activities;
• administer oaths;
• provide regulated immigration advice;
• provide regulated claims-management services.

The Consultancy may assist a litigant in person with research, organisation, education and strategic preparation, but the client remains personally responsible for their proceedings, filings, deadlines, evidence and decisions.

 

5. No solicitor-client relationship or legal privilege

Booking or receiving a service does not create:

• a solicitor-client relationship;
• a barrister-client relationship;
• a legal retainer with an authorised law firm;
• a relationship supervised by the SRA.

Although we treat client information confidentially, communications with the Consultancy may not attract legal professional privilege in the same way as communications with an authorised solicitor or barrister.

Where privileged legal advice is important, you should instruct an appropriately authorised professional.

 

6. Independent professional advice

Our research, strategic observations and opinions should not automatically be treated as a substitute for regulated legal advice.

You should obtain advice from an appropriately authorised solicitor or barrister where:

• proceedings have begun or are contemplated;
• a hearing, appeal or limitation deadline is approaching;
• formal legal representation is required;
• a reserved legal activity is involved;
• the matter carries significant legal, financial, reputational or personal risk;
• children, liberty, substantial assets or vulnerable people are involved;
• the matter concerns complex or disputed law;
• specialist or privileged advice is required;
• the matter concerns a jurisdiction outside England and Wales.

Where appropriate, you are encouraged to take our strategic opinion, research or suggested options to a solicitor or barrister for confirmation or a second opinion.

 

7. No guarantee of outcome

We do not guarantee:

• success in litigation, negotiation or settlement;
• that a court, regulator, authority or opposing party will accept a particular argument;
• that another adviser will agree with our interpretation;
• any particular commercial, financial or personal result;
• that every issue can be identified during a limited consultation;
• that information supplied by the client is complete or accurate.

Outcomes may depend on evidence, procedural rules, judicial discretion, third parties, changes in law and facts outside our control.

 

8. Client responsibility

Clients remain responsible for:

• providing complete and accurate information;
• disclosing all relevant parties, proceedings and deadlines;
• checking court and tribunal requirements;
• filing documents correctly and on time;
• obtaining regulated advice where required;
• deciding whether to act on any information discussed;
• protecting their own legal position;
• ensuring that submitted documents may lawfully be shared with us.

A consultation does not transfer responsibility for a client’s decisions, proceedings or compliance obligations to the Consultancy.

 

9. Jurisdictional limitations

Unless expressly agreed otherwise in writing, our legal research and strategic discussion are based primarily on the law of England and Wales.

Clients must inform us of:

• their country of residence;
• where the relevant events occurred;
• the governing law of any agreement;
• the location of relevant parties and assets;
• the court, tribunal, regulator or authority involved;
• any foreign proceedings or deadlines.

Where another jurisdiction is involved, we may:

• limit the scope to general research or strategy;
• require advice from a locally qualified lawyer;
• decline the matter;
• recommend that the client obtain specialist local advice.

 

10. Financial, investment and tax matters

The Consultancy does not provide regulated:

• financial advice;
• investment advice;
• asset-management services;
• pension advice;
• mortgage advice;
• credit advice;
• insurance advice;
• portfolio recommendations.

Any discussion involving assets, investments, wealth, trusts, companies or financial arrangements is limited to general strategic, legal-information or educational considerations.

We do not provide specialist tax advice. Clients should obtain advice from an appropriately qualified tax adviser before making decisions involving:

• trusts;
• inheritance tax;
• estate planning;
• residence or domicile;
• cross-border assets;
• corporate structures;
• significant transfers of wealth.

 

11. Trusts, wills and estate planning

The Consultancy may provide general education, research and strategic discussion concerning:

• trusts;
• trustee and beneficiary issues;
• succession planning;
• estate administration;
• inheritance disputes;
• family wealth considerations;
• asset ownership and legacy planning.

Unless expressly arranged through an authorised professional, we do not:

• draft or execute wills;
• undertake reserved probate activities;
• submit probate applications;
• act as executor, trustee or personal representative;
• provide specialist inheritance-tax advice;
• determine conclusively the validity of a will or trust;
• represent a party in contentious probate proceedings.

 

12. Medical and wellbeing information

Nothing provided through the Website, social media, educational materials, coaching or consultations constitutes:

• medical advice;
• psychiatric advice;
• psychological advice;
• therapeutic advice;
• diagnosis or treatment.

Clients should consult an appropriately qualified healthcare professional where necessary.

 

13. Know Your Customer and identity checks

We may require clients to complete proportionate Know Your Customer (“KYC”), identity, suitability and risk checks before or during an engagement.

Depending on the nature of the client and proposed service, we may request:

• full legal name;
• date of birth;
• residential or business address;
• nationality and country of residence;
• photographic identification;
• proof of address;
• company registration details;
• details of directors, shareholders or partners;
• details of trustees, settlors, protectors or beneficiaries;
• identification of the ultimate beneficial owner;
• evidence that a representative has authority to act;
• information concerning the purpose and intended nature of the engagement;
• information concerning the source of funds or source of wealth where reasonably appropriate.

Customer due diligence commonly involves identifying a customer and checking that they are who they claim to be using official and reliable information. Where a customer is a company, trust or other legal arrangement, understanding its ownership and control structure may also be necessary.

 

14. Anti-money laundering, sanctions and financial-crime risk

The Consultancy is committed to taking reasonable and proportionate steps to reduce the risk that its services are used in connection with:

• money laundering;
• terrorist financing;
• proliferation financing;
• fraud;
• sanctions evasion;
• bribery or corruption;
• concealment of beneficial ownership;
• other unlawful conduct.

We may conduct risk-based checks even where a particular service does not fall within the regulated sector. These checks form part of our contractual onboarding, ethical standards, fraud prevention and business-risk controls.

Not every service supplied by the Consultancy is necessarily subject to the Money Laundering Regulations 2017. Whether those Regulations apply depends on the precise activity performed. Certain businesses, including independent legal professionals and trust or company service providers carrying on specified activities, may be required to register with an appropriate AML supervisor.

The Consultancy will not claim to be formally supervised under the Money Laundering Regulations unless and until the relevant registration or supervision applies.

 

15. Trust and company service activities

The Consultancy does not undertake trust or company service provider activities requiring registration unless the Company has first confirmed that it is lawfully entitled and appropriately registered or supervised to do so.

Activities that can fall within the trust or company service provider regime include, among other things:

• forming companies or other legal persons;
• providing registered offices or business addresses;
• arranging for another person to act as a director, company secretary, partner or trustee;
• acting as a professional trustee or nominee shareholder.

A business carrying on covered trust or company service provider activities must generally be registered with the relevant AML supervisor before trading in those activities.

General education or strategic discussion about companies, trusts or estates does not itself mean that the Consultancy agrees to form, administer or act in an official capacity for such structures.

 

16. Enhanced checks

We may require enhanced information or verification where a matter involves higher-risk features, including:

• a politically exposed person;
• sanctions exposure;
• high-risk jurisdictions;
• opaque ownership structures;
• trusts, foundations or nominee arrangements;
• unexplained third-party payments;
• substantial or unusual transactions;
• complex cross-border assets;
• inconsistent or incomplete information;
• urgency designed to avoid normal checks;
• suspected fraud or dishonesty.

We may pause or decline a service while checks are completed.

 

17. Refusal, suspension and termination

We may refuse, suspend or terminate an enquiry, booking or engagement where:

• satisfactory identity evidence is not provided;
• the identity or authority of a person cannot be verified;
• beneficial ownership is unclear;
• the proposed service falls outside our competence or permitted scope;
• information appears false, misleading or incomplete;
• sanctions or financial-crime concerns arise;
• the service may involve unlawful conduct;
• the client seeks to conceal information or avoid appropriate checks;
• a conflict of interest arises;
• another professional should properly handle the matter;
• continuing would create legal, ethical, reputational or security risk.

Where lawful and appropriate, payments for undelivered services will be handled in accordance with our Terms and Cancellation and Refund Policy.

 

18. Suspicious activity and legal disclosure

Where the law requires or permits it, we may:

• preserve records;
• delay or decline an instruction;
• disclose information to a competent authority;
• comply with a court order or lawful request;
• make a report concerning suspected criminal property or unlawful activity;
• refrain from informing a person where disclosure would be prohibited by law.

Nothing in this Disclaimer requires us to explain internal risk assessments, screening results or any report where doing so would be unlawful or could prejudice an investigation.

Businesses within the regulated sector may be required to conduct customer due diligence, retain records and report suspicious activity.

 

19. Identity-check providers and data protection

Identity and KYC information may be collected, verified and retained using:

• our secure client-management system;
• Clio or another CRM or matter-management provider;
• Shopify;
• specialist identity-verification services;
• fraud-prevention databases;
• official public registers;
• credit-reference or electronic verification sources;
• secure document-storage providers.

We will process identity information in accordance with our Privacy Policy and applicable data-protection law.

Identity documents will not be used for unrelated marketing.

We may retain a proportionate record of completed checks where reasonably necessary for:

• contractual records;
• fraud prevention;
• risk management;
• legal obligations;
• insurance;
• complaints;
• establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

A request for deletion will be considered under applicable data-protection law, but the right to deletion is not absolute where lawful retention remains necessary.

 

20. Source of funds and payment checks

We may ask for information or evidence concerning:

• who is paying for a service;
• why a third party is making payment;
• the relationship between the payer and client;
• the source of funds;
• the source of wealth;
• the commercial purpose of a proposed transaction.

We may reject or refund a payment where:

• the payer cannot be identified;
• the payment comes from an unexplained third party;
• there is an inconsistency between the client and payer;
• fraud, sanctions or financial-crime concerns arise;
• accepting the payment would be inappropriate.

Completion of a payment does not prevent subsequent identity, conflict, scope or risk checks.

 

21. Document review limitations

Document review is limited to the documents and scope expressly agreed.

Unless otherwise stated:

• extensive bundles are not included in a standard consultation;
• documents must be submitted within the stated timeframe;
• we are entitled to rely on the apparent authenticity and completeness of documents supplied;
• we do not undertake forensic document examination;
• we do not independently verify every factual statement;
• translations should be produced by a suitably qualified translator where accuracy is material.

The client must identify the documents considered most important and explain the questions they wish to address.

 

22. Website and educational content

Website articles, social-media content, videos, downloads, podcasts and general educational material are provided for general information only.

They:

• do not address every circumstance;
• may become outdated;
• do not constitute advice tailored to a particular person;
• do not create a contractual or professional relationship;
• should not be relied upon as the sole basis for legal, financial, tax or medical decisions.

Readers should obtain advice appropriate to their own circumstances.

 

23. Third-party professionals and referrals

We may suggest that a client contact:

• a solicitor;
• barrister;
• accountant;
• tax adviser;
• financial adviser;
• surveyor;
• mediator;
• therapist;
• local foreign lawyer;
• another specialist.

Unless expressly stated:

• the professional acts independently;
• we do not control their advice or charges;
• a recommendation is not a guarantee of suitability or outcome;
• the client is responsible for deciding whether to instruct them.

Any referral fee or material commercial relationship will be disclosed where legally required.

 

24. Confidentiality and recordings

Consultations are confidential subject to:

• applicable law;
• court orders;
• fraud and financial-crime obligations;
• safeguarding concerns;
• protection of legal rights;
• disclosures authorised by the client.

Clients must not record, photograph, transcribe, livestream or distribute a consultation without prior written permission.

 

25. Acceptance of this Disclaimer

By:

• using the Website;
• purchasing a Product;
• booking a consultation;
• completing an intake form;
• submitting information or documents;
• attending a consultation;

you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Consultancy Disclaimer and accept the nature and limitations of the Services.

 

26. Contact

For questions concerning this Disclaimer:

Sian Gissing Global Holdings Ltd
Trading as Sian Gissing Strategic Legal Consultancy

128 City Road
London
England
EC1V 2NX
United Kingdom

Email: legal@siangissing.com

Company number: 17138981