Since 2007, Anne has been contracted to the NZ Police as an instructor for the Police Prosecutors’ Advocacy Courses at the Police College in Wellington. Anne has also prepared written training materials for the Police Prosecution Service in relation to advocacy and other legal topics. Anne has also been a professional studies instructor for the Institute of Professional Legal Studies. Anne is a faculty member of the NZ Litigation Skills course faculty, and the PILON (Pacific Islands Law Officer Network) faculty. Anne has also been a professional studies instructor for the Institute of Professional Legal Studies.

Anne is currently a member of the panel for the Serious Fraud Office. Anne also acts for private clients facing criminal charges. Anne was classified as a senior counsel by the Solicitor-General pursuant to the Crown Solicitors Regulations since 28 June 2006. As senior counsel, Anne prosecuted for the Crown in both District Court and High Court jury trials, for all types of offending including murder, drug conspiracies, sexual violation, money laundering, fraud and corruption. During her time as a Crown Counsel at Crown Law, Anne appeared for the Crown in relation to a large number of appeals in the Court of Appeal. Anne carried responsibility both as a Crown Counsel and as a Crown prosecutor for proceeds of crime or asset recovery work. Anne has acted in a number of complex cases in this area (for example Dotcom; Solicitor-General v Uren, Solicitor-General v Ryan, Solicitor-General v Hutton, Solicitor-General v Machirus, Solicitor-General v Saxton).

As a specialist in employment law, Anne acts for both employers and employees. She is regularly involved in advice and advocacy on restructuring, disciplinary investigations, confidentiality and restraint of trade issues, independent contractors, privacy, health and safety, and professional misconduct charges. Anne was a speaker at the 2010 New Zealand Law Society conference on employment law. Anne has also prosecuted for the Department of Labour, and has experience in opinion work in relation to Health and Safety prosecutions.

Anne is an experienced prosecutor for disciplinary bodies including the Medical Council and the Dental Council, and has appeared with respect to appellate work in this area in all courts including the High Court, the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court. One such case set a precedent for the standard of proof in prosecutions on behalf of all disciplinary bodies: Z v Dental Complaints Assessment Committee [2009] 1 NZLR 1 (SCNZ). Anne has also acted for defendants in disciplinary prosecutions. Anne co-presented a paper to the South Island Crown Solicitor’s Conference in 2010 with forensic psychiatrist Dr Mark Earthrowl.

Anne is a specialist in international law, particularly extradition. From 2011 until 2013, Anne was one of a team of senior lawyers involved in the Dotcom extradition and the asset recovery proceedings.

Anne has experience in regulatory prosecutions by most government departments including MBIE (health and safety), Commerce Commission, Inland Revenue, Internal Affairs, Customs and Fisheries.

In January 2007, Anne went to Samoa to assist the Attorney-General’s Office for two months on a New Zealand Aid project, as one of six prosecutors in rotation for one year. New Zealand’s involvement was brought about as a result of a request for assistance after local offenders were charged with drug offending concerning a large amount of cocaine that had been sourced from South America. The project included assisting the Samoan Attorney-General’s Office to become proficient in the prosecution of drug offending.