"Her talent is phenomenal. She is extremely hard-working and has good instincts and sound judgement. One to watch." Chambers UK 2024
'She is great - bright, creative and very responsive.' Chambers UK 2023
‘Noted for her capacity for forensic dissection of complex evidence.’ Legal 500 2020
‘Polly has a truly unbelievable work ethic and an incredibly impressive ability to deal with numerous complicated tasks all at once.’ Chambers UK 2020
‘She is a machine when it comes to processing work, marshalling arguments and presenting them.’ Legal 500 2018
Overview
A bright, astute and articulate junior, sought after by all who work with her.
Polly is an advocate equally accomplished in the arenas of business crime and general crime. Her practice encompasses defending and prosecuting cases of serious financial crime (including cases of complex fraud, money laundering and bribery) and cases of serious general crime (including in cases of murder, drug conspiracies, police misfeasance, human trafficking and sexual offences). She appears as leading junior, junior alone and led junior.
Polly frequently represents professionals before criminal courts, in regulatory proceedings and in inquests. She acts for interested persons in inquests, including corporates and organisations, as well as families. She can provide advice on the inter-relationship between proceedings.
Polly has experience acting in other jurisdictions, having been specifically instructed by the Anti-Corruption Commission in the Seychelles as part of the prosecution team prosecuting a case of corruption concerning the former economic advisor to the then president.
Corporate & Financial Crime
Polly Dyer acts for individuals and corporates subject to investigation and criminal proceedings in relation to allegations of financial crime.
She is instructed by magic circle, boutique and high street law firms. Since the outset of her career she has prosecuted in matters of financial crime, acting for the Financial Conduct Authority, Serious Fraud Office, Insolvency Service, HMRC, and Crown Prosecution Service specialist serious economic, organised crime and international directorate.
She has experience in private prosecutions. She has acted, and provided advice, in financial regulatory matters, and has also acted in companies house cases.
She has a wealth of expertise in proceedings brought under the Proceeds of Crime Act; conducting confiscation and restraint hearings, as well as hearings relating to the freezing of accounts and cash forfeiture. She has written extensively and given seminars on such topics.
Crime
Polly is an accomplished criminal advocate. She appears in highly complex, paper-heavy and multi-handed cases, bringing in-depth legal knowledge and the exercise of sound and reasoned judgement. She both prosecutes and defends, being frequently instructed on behalf of professionals charged with criminal offences, and by the Crown Prosecution Service special crime and counter terrorism division.
Regulatory
Polly has experience advising in relation to, and appearing in, regulatory proceedings. She has been instructed by both the FCA and individuals in relation to financial regulatory matters. This has included in relation to proceedings before the Regulatory Decisions Committee of the FCA and bodies governing financial professionals. She has represented clients before disciplinary tribunals in the medical sphere. Polly is able to use all the knowledge obtained from the different forums in which she appears to assist and advise clients.
Public Law
Polly Dyer has an abundance of knowledge and experience in the field. She has acted for numerous interested persons in inquests, including: companies, organisations, professionals and families. She has written and gives seminars on the topic of inquests. She also has experience in public inquiries.
Reviews
Chambers UK 2024: Crime - Band 4. Financial Crime - Band 3
Legal 500 2024: Crime - Tier 4. Fraud: Crime – Tier 4, Business and regulatory Crime - Tier 3
Chambers UK 2023: Crime - Band 4. Financial Crime - Band 3
"Her talent is phenomenal. She is extremely hard-working and has good instincts and sound judgement. One to watch." Chambers UK Financial Crime (2024)
"A very calm and collected individual who is measured in her approach, detailed and diligent in asking questions and never flustered. Her advocacy is unflappable." Chambers UK Financial Crime (2024)
"She has the ability to absorb vast quantities of evidence, apply legal concepts well and deliver readily understandable advice. She is approachable, clear and concise." Chambers UK Crime (2024)
"She is diligent beyond belief and has the ability to digest and dissect any case at impressive speed." Chambers UK Crime (2024)
'Polly has an incredible ability to absorb complex evidence.' 'She is great - bright, creative and very responsive.' Chambers UK Financial Crime (2023)
'A highly persuasive advocate who does a great job in court. She is really flying.' Chambers UK Crime (2023)
'She is excellent and provides very concise advice.' Chambers UK Financial Crime (2022)
'A highly cerebral junior. She is a fantastic advocate who works tirelessly and extremely hard.' Legal 500 Fraud: Crime (2022)
'She is very strong both in court and on paper.' 'Polly's ability to get work done quickly and produce high-quality work is amazing.' 'She is exceptionally diligent when dissecting forensically complex fraud matters.' Chambers UK Financial Crime (2021)
'A very confident and skilled advocate. Written submissions are of the highest calibre.' Legal 500 Fraud: Crime (2021)
‘Very diligent, sympathetic to the client and strong when she needs to be.’ ‘Polly has a truly unbelievable work ethic and an incredibly impressive ability to deal with numerous complicated tasks all at once.’ Chambers UK Financial Crime (2020)
‘Noted for her capacity for forensic dissection of complex evidence.’ Legal 500 Fraud: Crime (2020)
‘She is a machine when it comes to processing work, marshalling arguments and presenting them.’ Legal 500 Fraud: Crime (2018)
‘A very good up-and-coming barrister, who is concise, articulate and shows great promise.’ Legal 500 Fraud: Crime (2017)
Education
1st class BA (Hons) University of Warwick.
Graduate Diploma in Law
Bar Vocational Course
Jules Thorn Scholarship, Middle Temple
Queen Mother Scholarship, Middle TempleProfessional Memberships
Fraud Lawyers Association
Former Chair of the Female Fraud Forum
Private Prosecutions Association
Criminal Bar Association
Recent Cases
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Polly Dyer appeared before the Supreme Court of the Seychelles in respect of an application to discharge the court’s first ever worldwide restraint order. The Order was imposed in the course of the Seychelles Anti-Corruption Commission’s prose...
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A police officer who had sexual contact with a drunk woman in a patrol car has been found guilty of misconduct.PC Matthew Longmate, 47, was on duty with PC Daniel Nash in Derbyshire on 4 October 2015 when they offered the intoxicated woman a lift home.Sou...
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The 5 day trial begins at Snaresbrook today.Rapper Lady Leshurr is accused alongside co-defendant Sherelle Smith of attacking her ex-girlfriend and of biting the woman's new partner during a fight in east London. The pair are alleged to have loitered ou...
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Marcus Reedman, who had in turn, served as a Commanding Officer of the Royal Gurkha Regiment, Head of the National Security Council Secretariat and Deputy Director of the Government’s Covid-19 task force, was charged with fraud by failing to disclo...
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Alexandra Felix KC, Polly Dyer & Eloise Emanuel prosecute abusive girlfriend for stabbing teenage boy to death.Kamila Ahmad, 24 fatally stabbed 19-year-old, Tai O’Donnell on 3 March 2021.She was sentenced to a minimum of 23 years at Croydon Crown Co...
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Rex v Berkshire Education Travel Ltd and David ParkPolly Dyer prosecuted the company Berkshire Education Travel Ltd, and the company's director, David Park, with both defendants being convicted by a jury of cheating the public revenue and money launderin...
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Three defendants were found guilty on 31 March 2022 of offences relating to the importation of cocaine and cannabis from Jamaica in a consignment of sweet potatoes.The trial commenced on the 12 January 2022 at Southwark Crown Court. Polly was instructed ...
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R v Tsang & Pan: Paul Raudnitz QC and Polly Dyer prosecuted a husband and wife for offences including conspiracy to commit human trafficking, controlling prostitution and possession with intent to supply class A drugs in a five week trial at Isleworth Cro...
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Polly Dyer prosecuted two individuals convicted of conspiring to import and supply 430Kg of cocaine.
...Polly Dyer prosecuted two individuals convicted of conspiring fraudulently to evade the prohibition on the importation of a controlled drug of class A and conspiracy to supply a controlled drug of class A. The case related to approximately 430kg of cocain...
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In a judgment given on the 21st May by HHJ Spragg at Newcastle Crown Court, a confiscation order was made in the amount of only £8907.08. This was in circumstances where the prosecution had been seeking a confiscation order in the amount of almost £2 mill...
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Polly Dyer client pleaded guilty to fraud by false representation and possession of an article for use in fraud. The monetary amount concerned was £475,000 and it was a sophisticated fraud. A basis of plea was submitted which, after lengthy negotiations a...
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Nicholas Corsellis QC and Polly Dyer prosecuted Vasileva, Mihaylov, and Vasilev for modern slavery offences.
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Patryk Olowniuk was shot in Bedford on Saturday 27th October 2018. Three men, Ryan Davis, Marcus West and Lance Marshalleck, were charged with his murder. At the Central Criminal Court on Monday Ryan Davis was acquitted of murder and possession of a firea...
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Polly Dyer represented the second defendant in a private prosecution at Southwark Crown Court. As such, she has familiarity with the issues that arise in private prosecutions. Her client was charged with two conspiracies to defraud. He was acquitted of on...
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Eleanor Laws QC and Polly Dyer represented Professor Ariel Lant who was accused of 11 counts of sexual assault upon 10 ex patients.
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Polly Dyer was instructed by the FCA as part of the prosecution team which secured the conviction of four defendants in charges arising from a fraudulent investment scheme in which over 300 investors lost over £1.4m. The scheme involved the sale of shares...
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Polly Dyer was instructed by the Financial Conduct Authority as second junior and disclosure counsel in this matter, which involved a number of FSMA offences arising from the promotion and sale of shares. Over 300 investors lost approximately £1.4m. Four ...
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(As mentioned in CrimeLine 28.02.17), Polly Dyer appeared in a case stated that addressed citizens’ power to arrest under s. 24A(1)(b) of PACE. The case of R. v Self (Graham) [1992] 1 W.L.R. 657 was considered.
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QEB Hollis Whiteman member Ben FitzGerald represented a former Chief Operating Officer and fellow member Polly Dyer represented her partner, who were charged with fraud and money laundering respectively. The case concerned the payment of recruitment fees ...
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Tom Baker led Polly Dyer in a £30m money-laundering prosecution at the Central Criminal Court. Three defendants were convicted. Sentences imposed ranged from 11 years' imprisonment to 4 years' imprisonment. The investigation was a joint NCA and COLP opera...
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In a judgment given on the 21st May by HHJ Spragg at Newcastle Crown Court, a confiscation order was made in the amount of only £8907.08. This was in circumstances where the prosecution had been seeking a confiscation order in the amount of almost £2 mill...
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QEB Hollis Whiteman are walking with the Lord Chief Justice and thousands of lawyers to raise funds for the London Legal Support Trust, the Free Representation Unit and the Bar Pro Bono Unit.
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Professor Ariel Lant, represented by Eleanor Laws QC and Polly Dyer, at Southwark Crown Court, was today acquitted of 11 counts of sexual assault upon 10 ex patients.
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Polly Dyer acted as junior counsel for the FCA in the confiscation hearings against the last two defendants convicted as a result of Operation Cotton one of the FCA's largest investigations. Confiscation orders have now been made against all of the eight ...
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QEB Hollis Whiteman member Polly Dyer, led by Andrew Marshall of 18 Red Lion Court, represented the Financial Conduct Authority at the Central Criminal Court in the trial of a Logica analyst and his neighbour for insider dealing. On day three of the trial...
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QEB Hollis Whiteman member Ben FitzGerald represented a former Chief Operating Officer and fellow member Polly Dyer represented her partner, who were charged with fraud and money laundering respectively. The case concerned the payment of recruitment fees ...
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Coroner Darren Salter delivered his narrative verdict today at the inquest into the deaths of five servicemen who were killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan. Linda Strudwick and Polly Dyer from QEB Hollis Whiteman represented the family of the pilot...
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QEB Hollis Whiteman member Polly Dyer has been appointed chair of the Female Fraud Forum, an association aimed at solicitors, barristers and accountants who work in financial regulation and the criminal and civil fraud sector. Its purpose is to foster, en...
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Paul Wakerley and Polly Dyer successfully appeal convictions, based upon allegations of theft of investors' funds, to the full court. Paul was instructed post-conviction and sentence to review the case and seek to find any arguable grounds. The central...
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Paul Wakerley and Polly Dyer successfully appeal convictions, based upon allegations of theft of investors' funds, to the full court. Paul was instructed post-conviction and sentence to review the case and seek to find any arguable grounds. The central...
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Polly Dyer represented a care worker charged with 13 counts of fraud. She was accused of making a variety of fraudulent transactions using the bank cards of one of the individuals for whom she cared. The case was document heavy and involved exploring the ...
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One of the largest criminal prosecutions undertaken by the FCA concluded with convictions of all eight defendants.
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Tom & Polly today lead a half day seminar ‘Foundations for Successful Case Management; building a strong case’ for members of the London Boroughs Legal Alliance (LBLA). The LBLA is a collaborative partnership of London local authority legal...
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Tom Kark QC and Polly Dyer gave a talk entitled ‘Coroners & Inquests – developments and practicalities’ to lawyers at personal injury solicitors Leigh Day. Tom and Polly illustrated the talk with examples from the recent inquest into t...
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Flight Lieutenant Sean Cunningham who died after being ejected from his plane whilst it was still on the ground the inquest has heard.
Articles
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Polly Dyer co-authored an article with HHJ Hopmeier titled Benefit and Brothels. It can be found on pages 4-6 of Archbold Review issue 8.
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Polly Dyer co-authored an article, now featured by the Proceeds of Crime Lawyers Association.The article provides a review of confiscation judgments from the first six months of 2020. It can be read here.
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Public Inquiries – Finding truth but learning lessons?
Polly Dyer reviews the Court of Appeal decision in R v R & Others [2015] in the New Law Journal.
Reproduced with the kind permission of the New Law Journal.
Reproduced with kind permission of Lexis Nexis
[2014] 2 Archbold Review 6
QEB Hollis Whiteman barrister Polly Dyer and HHJ Michael Hopmeier assess the role and likely impact of Deferred Prosecution Agreements in the light of the experience of other jurisdictions around the world in an article published in the New Law Journal 13th September 2013.
Polly Dyer has completed an article for August's addition of Trading Standards Today, in relation to The Enterprise Act 2002.
"Bail in Criminal Proceedings", Westlaw UK Insight, 4th July 2013
This feature, authored by Polly Dyer and HHJ Michael Hopmeier, was originally published in Archbold Review.
Corporate and Financial Crime
Polly Dyer is a skilled and confident advocate who demonstrates knowledge, judgement, expertise and advocacy beyond her years.
Overview
Polly Dyer acts for individuals and corporates subject to investigation and criminal proceedings in relation to allegations of financial crime.
She is instructed by magic circle, boutique and high street law firms. Since the outset of her career she has prosecuted in matters of financial crime, acting for the Financial Conduct Authority, Serious Fraud Office, Insolvency Service, HMRC, and Crown Prosecution Service specialist fraud and serious organised crime divisions.
She has experience in private prosecutions. She has acted, and provided advice, in financial regulatory matters, and has also acted in companies house cases.
She has a wealth of expertise in proceedings brought under the Proceeds of Crime Act; conducting confiscation and restraint hearings, as well as hearings relating to the freezing of accounts and cash forfeiture. She has written extensively and given seminars on such topics.
Polly has experience acting in other jurisdictions, having been specifically instructed by the Anti-Corruption Commission in the Seychelles as part of the prosecution team prosecuting a case of corruption concerning the former economic advisor to the then president. This case has involved Polly being called to the Bar in the Seychelles and appearing before the Supreme Court and Constitutional Court in the Seychelles. Polly has significant experience in relation to the obtaining of material from other jurisdictions, and matters relating to asset restrictions.
Polly is a former chair of the Female Fraud Forum.
Experience
Recent and current instructions include:
- Currently instructed by the Serious Fraud Office in relation to an ongoing investigation into business and accounting practices.
- R v K & others: currently instructed on behalf of a barrister charged with fraud.
- DAS v Asplin & others: Polly acts for the second defendant in this private prosecution, brought by the defendant’s employer.
- R v Park: instructed by the CPS in a case of cheating the public revenue and money laundering arising from an HMRC investigation.
- Representing a retired colonel charged with an offence of fraud.
- Instructed by the insolvency service to prosecute a company director and undischarged bankrupt.
- Instructed to advise a number of companies, and their director, subject to information requests originating from a prosecuting authority.
- Advising an individual in relation to the discharge of a restraint application made by UK authorities on behalf of US authorities.
- Successful applications in account freezing order proceedings.
- Instructed by both the FCA and individuals in relation to financial regulatory matters. This has included in relation to proceedings before the Regulatory Decisions Committee of the FCA and bodies governing financial professionals.
Previous cases include:
- Operation Alfreton, R v Moore & others: instructed by the FCA in this case which involved a number of FSMA offences arising from the promotion and sale of shares. Subsequently Polly was instructed in the confiscation proceedings.
- Operation Holt, R v Mohal & others: instructed by the FCA in this case, which involved insider dealing.
- Operation Cotton, R v Crawley & others: instructed by the FCA in this case which concerned land banking and one of their largest ever prosecution cases. It concluded in convictions for all eight defendants. Subsequently Polly was instructed in the confiscation proceedings.
- Instructed in relation to a Libor case being heard in the US concerning a request for mutual legal assistance.
- Polly was asked to assist the FCA, leading a team of barristers in a complaints team investigation and assisted for a period of time within the Criminal Prosecutions Team.
- Polly assisted a bank with a regulatory project in relation to anti-money laundering.
- Polly provided advice in relation to the ENRC litigation.
- R v Koort & Others: junior prosecution counsel in a multi-handed money laundering prosecution arising from a NCA investigation.
- R v P & Another: represented an individual who was charged with money laundering. After the complainant's evidence, the prosecution offered no evidence. I subsequently acted for the defendants in seeking an order to use disclosed material in civil proceedings against the complainant.
Notable Cases
R v Park
Polly Dyer prosecuted the company Berkshire Education Travel Ltd, and the company's director, David Park, with both defendants being convicted by a jury of cheating the public revenue and money laundering.DAS v Aplin
Polly Dyer represented the second defendant in a private prosecution. Her client was charged with two conspiracies to defraud. He was acquitted of one, and convicted of the other.R v Moore & others
Polly Dyer was instructed by the FCA as part of the prosecution team which secured the conviction of four defendants in charges arising from a fraudulent investment scheme in which over 300 investors lost over £1.4m.R v MR
The judgment followed a contested confiscation hearing, where evidence was called over the course of 5 days on the issue of benefit from general criminal conduct.Operation Cotton (2015)
Acted as junior counsel in Operation Cotton, one of the largest criminal prosecutions ever undertaken by the FCA, which concluded with the convictions of all eight defendants.Reviews
Chambers UK 2024: Financial Crime - Band 3
Legal 500 2024: Fraud: Crime – Tier 4, Business and regulatory Crime - Tier 3
Chambers UK 2023: Financial Crime – Band 3
Legal 500 2022: Fraud: Crime – Tier 4
'Polly has an incredible ability to absorb complex evidence.' 'She is great - bright, creative and very responsive.' Chambers UK Financial Crime (2023)
'She is excellent and provides very concise advice.' Chambers UK Financial Crime (2022)
'A highly cerebral junior. She is a fantastic advocate who works tirelessly and extremely hard.' Legal 500 Fraud: Crime (2022)
'She is very strong both in court and on paper.' 'Polly's ability to get work done quickly and produce high-quality work is amazing.' 'She is exceptionally diligent when dissecting forensically complex fraud matters.' Chambers UK Financial Crime (2021)
'A very confident and skilled advocate. Written submissions are of the highest calibre.' Legal 500 Fraud: Crime (2021)
‘Very diligent, sympathetic to the client and strong when she needs to be.’ ‘Polly has a truly unbelievable work ethic and an incredibly impressive ability to deal with numerous complicated tasks all at once.’ Chambers UK Financial Crime (2020)
‘Noted for her capacity for forensic dissection of complex evidence.’ Legal 500 Fraud: Crime (2020)
‘She is a machine when it comes to processing work, marshalling arguments and presenting them.’ Legal 500 Fraud: Crime (2019)
‘A very good up-and-coming barrister, who is concise, articulate and shows great promise.’ Legal 500 Fraud: Crime (2017)
Recent Cases
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Polly Dyer appeared before the Supreme Court of the Seychelles in respect of an application to discharge the court’s first ever worldwide restraint order. The Order was imposed in the course of the Seychelles Anti-Corruption Commission’s prose...
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Rex v Berkshire Education Travel Ltd and David ParkPolly Dyer prosecuted the company Berkshire Education Travel Ltd, and the company's director, David Park, with both defendants being convicted by a jury of cheating the public revenue and money launderin...
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In a judgment given on the 21st May by HHJ Spragg at Newcastle Crown Court, a confiscation order was made in the amount of only £8907.08. This was in circumstances where the prosecution had been seeking a confiscation order in the amount of almost £2 mill...
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Polly Dyer represented the second defendant in a private prosecution at Southwark Crown Court. As such, she has familiarity with the issues that arise in private prosecutions. Her client was charged with two conspiracies to defraud. He was acquitted of on...
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Polly Dyer was instructed by the FCA as part of the prosecution team which secured the conviction of four defendants in charges arising from a fraudulent investment scheme in which over 300 investors lost over £1.4m. The scheme involved the sale of shares...
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Polly Dyer was instructed by the Financial Conduct Authority as second junior and disclosure counsel in this matter, which involved a number of FSMA offences arising from the promotion and sale of shares. Over 300 investors lost approximately £1.4m. Four ...
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QEB Hollis Whiteman member Ben FitzGerald represented a former Chief Operating Officer and fellow member Polly Dyer represented her partner, who were charged with fraud and money laundering respectively. The case concerned the payment of recruitment fees ...
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Tom Baker led Polly Dyer in a £30m money-laundering prosecution at the Central Criminal Court. Three defendants were convicted. Sentences imposed ranged from 11 years' imprisonment to 4 years' imprisonment. The investigation was a joint NCA and COLP opera...
News
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In a judgment given on the 21st May by HHJ Spragg at Newcastle Crown Court, a confiscation order was made in the amount of only £8907.08. This was in circumstances where the prosecution had been seeking a confiscation order in the amount of almost £2 mill...
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Polly Dyer acted as junior counsel for the FCA in the confiscation hearings against the last two defendants convicted as a result of Operation Cotton one of the FCA's largest investigations. Confiscation orders have now been made against all of the eight ...
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QEB Hollis Whiteman member Polly Dyer, led by Andrew Marshall of 18 Red Lion Court, represented the Financial Conduct Authority at the Central Criminal Court in the trial of a Logica analyst and his neighbour for insider dealing. On day three of the trial...
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QEB Hollis Whiteman member Ben FitzGerald represented a former Chief Operating Officer and fellow member Polly Dyer represented her partner, who were charged with fraud and money laundering respectively. The case concerned the payment of recruitment fees ...
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QEB Hollis Whiteman member Polly Dyer has been appointed chair of the Female Fraud Forum, an association aimed at solicitors, barristers and accountants who work in financial regulation and the criminal and civil fraud sector. Its purpose is to foster, en...
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One of the largest criminal prosecutions undertaken by the FCA concluded with convictions of all eight defendants.
Articles
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Polly Dyer co-authored an article, now featured by the Proceeds of Crime Lawyers Association.The article provides a review of confiscation judgments from the first six months of 2020. It can be read here.
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Reproduced with kind permission of Lexis Nexis
This feature, authored by Polly Dyer and HHJ Michael Hopmeier, was originally published in Archbold Review.
An empathetic, articulate and persuasive advocate, Polly Dyer impresses all who instruct her.
Overview
Polly is an accomplished criminal advocate. She appears in highly complex, paper-heavy and multi-handed cases, bringing in-depth legal knowledge and the exercise of sound and reasoned judgement. She both prosecutes and defends, being frequently instructed on behalf of professionals charged with criminal offences, and by the Crown Prosecution Service special crime and counter terrorism division. Recent cases in which Polly has been instructed include cases of: murder, GBH, drug conspiracies, human trafficking, robbery, perverting the course of justice, misconduct in public office, and sexual offences. Given Polly’s experience in coronial proceedings, and the ensuing engagement with the issue of causation, Polly will act in in cases concerning alleged breaches of health and safety. Polly also has experience in trading standards prosecutions.
Experience
She is a grade 4 prosecutor, with substantial experience of appearing for the Crown. She is also on the specialist CPS panels for: organised crime, fraud and POCA.
Current cases include:
- prosecuting a four-handed murder case before the Central Criminal Court and a murder case before Croydon Crown Court.
- R v Al Safee & Lopez: junior prosecution counsel in case concerning the importation of c. 430kg of cocaine. Polly is instructed in relation to the ongoing confiscation proceedings.
- R v Mushtaq & others: prosecution counsel in a multi-handed drug importation case. Polly is instructed in the confiscation proceedings.
- defending a medical professional charged with a sexual offence.
- defending an individual charged with historic sex offences.
- defending an officer charged with assault.
- prosecuting a case of misconduct in public office.
- opposing an application pursuant to s. 49 of RIPA.
Previous cases include:
- R v Le & others: junior prosecution counsel in this multi-handed murder case heard before Mr Justice Saini QC. It concerned a shooting, which took place in the middle of the day in Birmingham City Centre. It was a legally complicated case, involving the application of the principles in Gnango [2011] UKSC 59.
- R v Tsang & others: junior counsel in a human trafficking prosecution.
- R v Vasileva & Others: junior prosecution counsel in a three handed case concerning conspiracy to commit human trafficking and controlling prostitution.
- R v Vyte & Others: junior prosecution counsel in a four handed case concerning a series of robberies.
- R v Lant: junior defence counsel in a case concerning historic indecent assault allegations. The defendant was acquitted of all 11 counts, which concerned 10 complainants.
- R v Grant: defending in historic case of indecent assault.
- Crown Court case in which teacher acquitted of sexual assault.
Notable Cases
R v M (2022)
Three defendants were found guilty on 31 March 2022 of offences relating to the importation of cocaine and cannabis from Jamaica in a consignment of sweet potatoes.R v Tsang & Pan
Successfully appealed convictions, based upon allegations of theft of investors' funds, to the full court at the Court of Appeal.R v Vasileva
Nicholas Corsellis KC and Polly Dyer prosecuted Eleonora Vasileva, Iliya Mihaylov, and Marian Vasilev for modern slavery offences.Chambers UK 2024: Crime - Band 4
Legal 500 2024: Crime - Tier 4.
Chambers UK 2023: Crime - Band 4
'A highly persuasive advocate who does a great job in court. She is really flying.' Chambers UK Crime (2023)
Recent Cases
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A police officer who had sexual contact with a drunk woman in a patrol car has been found guilty of misconduct.PC Matthew Longmate, 47, was on duty with PC Daniel Nash in Derbyshire on 4 October 2015 when they offered the intoxicated woman a lift home.Sou...
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The 5 day trial begins at Snaresbrook today.Rapper Lady Leshurr is accused alongside co-defendant Sherelle Smith of attacking her ex-girlfriend and of biting the woman's new partner during a fight in east London. The pair are alleged to have loitered ou...
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Marcus Reedman, who had in turn, served as a Commanding Officer of the Royal Gurkha Regiment, Head of the National Security Council Secretariat and Deputy Director of the Government’s Covid-19 task force, was charged with fraud by failing to disclo...
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Alexandra Felix KC, Polly Dyer & Eloise Emanuel prosecute abusive girlfriend for stabbing teenage boy to death.Kamila Ahmad, 24 fatally stabbed 19-year-old, Tai O’Donnell on 3 March 2021.She was sentenced to a minimum of 23 years at Croydon Crown Co...
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Rex v Berkshire Education Travel Ltd and David ParkPolly Dyer prosecuted the company Berkshire Education Travel Ltd, and the company's director, David Park, with both defendants being convicted by a jury of cheating the public revenue and money launderin...
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Three defendants were found guilty on 31 March 2022 of offences relating to the importation of cocaine and cannabis from Jamaica in a consignment of sweet potatoes.The trial commenced on the 12 January 2022 at Southwark Crown Court. Polly was instructed ...
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R v Tsang & Pan: Paul Raudnitz QC and Polly Dyer prosecuted a husband and wife for offences including conspiracy to commit human trafficking, controlling prostitution and possession with intent to supply class A drugs in a five week trial at Isleworth Cro...
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Polly Dyer prosecuted two individuals convicted of conspiring to import and supply 430Kg of cocaine.
Polly Dyer prosecuted two individuals convicted of conspiring fraudulently to evade the prohibition on the importation of a controlled drug of class A and conspiracy to supply a controlled drug of class A. The case related to approximately 430kg of cocain...
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Polly Dyer client pleaded guilty to fraud by false representation and possession of an article for use in fraud. The monetary amount concerned was £475,000 and it was a sophisticated fraud. A basis of plea was submitted which, after lengthy negotiations a...
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Nicholas Corsellis QC and Polly Dyer prosecuted Vasileva, Mihaylov, and Vasilev for modern slavery offences.
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Patryk Olowniuk was shot in Bedford on Saturday 27th October 2018. Three men, Ryan Davis, Marcus West and Lance Marshalleck, were charged with his murder. At the Central Criminal Court on Monday Ryan Davis was acquitted of murder and possession of a firea...
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Eleanor Laws QC and Polly Dyer represented Professor Ariel Lant who was accused of 11 counts of sexual assault upon 10 ex patients.
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Tom Baker led Polly Dyer in a £30m money-laundering prosecution at the Central Criminal Court. Three defendants were convicted. Sentences imposed ranged from 11 years' imprisonment to 4 years' imprisonment. The investigation was a joint NCA and COLP opera...
News
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In a judgment given on the 21st May by HHJ Spragg at Newcastle Crown Court, a confiscation order was made in the amount of only £8907.08. This was in circumstances where the prosecution had been seeking a confiscation order in the amount of almost £2 mill...
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Professor Ariel Lant, represented by Eleanor Laws QC and Polly Dyer, at Southwark Crown Court, was today acquitted of 11 counts of sexual assault upon 10 ex patients.
Articles
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Polly Dyer co-authored an article with HHJ Hopmeier titled Benefit and Brothels. It can be found on pages 4-6 of Archbold Review issue 8.
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Polly Dyer co-authored an article, now featured by the Proceeds of Crime Lawyers Association.The article provides a review of confiscation judgments from the first six months of 2020. It can be read here.
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Regulatory
A wealth of experience in the professional disciplinary forum, Polly Dyer's measured approach, shrewd judgement and articulate manner place her well in this field.
Overview
Polly has experience advising in relation to, and appearing in, regulatory proceedings. She has been instructed by both the FCA and individuals in relation to financial regulatory matters. This has included in relation to proceedings before the Regulatory Decisions Committee of the FCA and bodies governing financial professionals. She has represented clients before disciplinary tribunals in the medical sphere. Polly is able to use all the knowledge obtained from the different forums in which she appears to assist and advise clients.
Experience
Financial regulation
Polly has recently been instructed by the FCA in in relation to proceedings before the Regulatory Decisions Committee of the FCA. She has provided advice to professionals in the financial sphere in disciplinary matters and appeared before professional bodies on their behalf.Medical regulation
Polly has represented health-care professionals in a range of disciplinary forums, including before the GMC and NMC. She has been instructed by the GDC and NMC, appearing in substantive hearings and at the interim order stage. She has also prosecuted criminal cases brought by the GDC. She has a detailed understanding of the healthcare sector in the light of her assistance to the team preparing the report arising from the public inquiry into the failure to regulate the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust.Notable Cases
GDC v Ross (2014)
Acted for the GDC in a prosecution involving the illegal practice of tooth whitening. The defendant pleaded guilty to an offence of unlawfully holding herself out as being prepared to practise dentistry, and to unlawfully using the title “dental technician”.Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry (2013)
Seconded to the Department of Health for a number of months as a junior member of the Inquiry team to assist in the preparation of the report arising from the Public Inquiry into the failure to regulate the Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust.Reviews
Legal 500 2024: Business and regulatory Crime - Tier 3
Inquests, Inquiries and Public Law
Substantial experience of the law and procedure relating to inquests, inquiries and issues of potential liability, Polly Dyer's knowledge and approach has made her a favoured junior in the field.
Overview
Polly Dyer has an abundance of knowledge and experience in the field. She has acted for numerous interested persons in inquests, including: companies, organisations, professionals and families. She has written and gives seminars on the topic of inquests. She also has experience in public inquiries.
Experience
Recent and current instructions include:
- Instructed on behalf of an interest person in an inquest, a US based manufacturing company.
- Instructed on behalf of an interest person in an inquest, namely a quarrying company.
- Instructed on behalf of an interested person in an inquest, namely the Metropolitan Police.
Previous cases include:
- Instructed on behalf of the Gambling Commission when they appeared as an interested person in an inquest.
- Polly represented the deceased’s family in the inquest into the death of Flt Lt Sean Cunningham, a red arrow pilot.
- Represented the family in the inquest into the death of Captain Thomas Clarke, a pilot who was killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan.
- Represented a GP in an inquest concerning a death at a care home.
- Represented a prison doctor in an article 2 inquest.
- Represented the family in an inquest where due to inadequacies in the investigation there were questions about the manner of the deceased’s death.
- Represented the family in an inquest where a woman had been hit by a bus when crossing the road.
- Represented the family in an inquest of a university student who died when crossing a road.
- Seconded to the Department of Health as a junior member of the team preparing the report arising from the public inquiry into the failure to regulate the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust.
Notable Cases
Inquest into the death of Flt Lt Sean Cunningham (2014)
Represented the deceased’s family, together with Keith Barrett of Irwin Mitchell and Tom Kark QCInquest touching on the death of Capt Thomas Clarke
Linda Strudwick and Polly Dyer represent the family of Lynx pilotInquest touching on the death of Huseyin Yaman
Polly represented the Gambling Commission.Inquest into the death of PS (2015)
Represented the family of a woman who was hit by a bus when crossing Barnet High Street. She was instructed by LeighDay Solicitors.Recent Cases
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(As mentioned in CrimeLine 28.02.17), Polly Dyer appeared in a case stated that addressed citizens’ power to arrest under s. 24A(1)(b) of PACE. The case of R. v Self (Graham) [1992] 1 W.L.R. 657 was considered.
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Coroner Darren Salter delivered his narrative verdict today at the inquest into the deaths of five servicemen who were killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan. Linda Strudwick and Polly Dyer from QEB Hollis Whiteman represented the family of the pilot...
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Tom Kark QC and Polly Dyer gave a talk entitled ‘Coroners & Inquests – developments and practicalities’ to lawyers at personal injury solicitors Leigh Day. Tom and Polly illustrated the talk with examples from the recent inquest into t...
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Public Inquiries – Finding truth but learning lessons?
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