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QEB Hollis Whiteman
1-2 LAURENCE POUNTNEY HILL
LONDON
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Polly Dyer
Position
Polly Dyer provides specialist advice and advocacy in criminal proceedings, with an emphasis on financial and serious crime. She is regularly instructed by the Financial Conduct Authority, and frequently defends and prosecutes individuals charged with fraud and money laundering. She has a particular expertise in confiscation, having written extensively on the topic. Recent financial crime cases include: Operation Alfreton (FCA prosecution of FSMA offences), defending in a private prosecution concerning fraud and money laundering; Operation Holt (FCA prosecution of insider dealing), Operation Cotton (FCA prosecution of land-banking & its largest case). She is often instructed privately to defend in confiscation cases. She provides advice on financial regulatory matters.
She has a wealth of experience acting in serious and complex criminal cases, as both led junior and junior alone. Recent cases include: junior defence counsel in a murder case (client acquitted of murder), junior defence counsel where the client was acquitted of 11 counts of sexual assault, prosecution of cases concerning modern slavery and large-scale conspiracies, including in relation to drugs and prostitution.
Polly has provided advice to numerous professionals, including in relation to ongoing inquiries and inquests, and in relation to bribery.
Career
Called 2010, Middle Temple.
Memberships
Criminal Bar Association; Young Fraud Lawyers Association; Female Fraud Forum, Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers; Health and Safety Lawyers Association; The Bar Pro Bono Unit.
Education
University of Warwick (2005-08 BA (Hons) History, first class); City Law School, London (2008-09 Graduate Diploma Law); BPP, London (2009-10 BVC).
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Business and regulatory crime (including global investigations)
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3Polly Dyer – QEB Hollis Whiteman ‘Polly’s work rate is second to none. She gives very clear and practical advice. She is also a great advocate and is well respected by judges.’
London Bar > Crime
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4London Bar > Fraud: crime
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Polly Dyer – QEB Hollis Whiteman ‘Polly is a powerhouse in fraud matters with a great capacity to absorb complex evidence which she then presents in a relatable way to jurors.’
QEB Hollis Whiteman is one of the leading financial crime sets in London, particularly known for its prosecution work and widely praised for its ‘real strength in depth’. Sean Larkin KC is a standout silk recently instructed by the SFO to prosecute a former biodiesel trader for fraud and money laundering offences allegedly committed while he was an employee of Greenergy (which is not a defendant). Polly Dyer , ‘a great advocate’, has recently represented a retired army colonel who was acquitted on fraud charges, after having been accused of failing to disclose information about his family arrangements while claiming continuity of education allowance payments – the case was heard through the civilian justice system rather than a court-martial.