CURRICULUM VITAE. Barrister I have previously worked in the City of London as an equities broker, and in Compliance

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE Name: Anne Crossfield LLB. (Hons.), MBA (Finance), Barrister Basement Flat, 60 Ellington Street, Islington, London N7 8PL Mobile: Landline: Age: 50 Educational Qualifications Barrister: Call to the Bar: July 1993 Bachelor of Laws (Hons.) Birmingham University 1983 Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Finance (Distinction) Nottingham University 1990-included modules on International Banking; Corporate Finance; Venture Capital; Insurance Law MBA Dissertation Prizewinner on the subject of Derivatives Fulbright Scholar in Securities Law 1995-visited the USA and spent time with the partners at Morgan, Lewis and Bockius LLP, in New York then working on the Orange County litigation Profile: Barrister I have previously worked in the City of London as an equities broker, and in Compliance Former Member of the Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats (AIJA) : President of the AIJA Banking and Finance Commission Past Chairman of the British Fulbright Scholars Association (BFSA) a wellknown international charity for alumni- this is a two year voluntary post to which I was elected in December 2006: my term of office was January 2006 to December

2 A. Erimus Chambers PO Box 1440 Bedford MK43 6AJ-Barrister-currently prosecuting at Westminster for the Crown Prosecution Service B. Barrister: Fleet Street Chambers Falcon Court Fleet Street London EC2Y 1AA and BarristerWeb Clerking Services, PO Box 6017, Milton Keynes, MK1 9AP C. Civil Law Tutor-BPP Law School, Red Lion Street Holborn, London, WC1R 4NY-August 2008-July 2009 teaching Civil Litigation and Equity Finance on the Legal Practice Course to trainee Solicitors C. Recent practice: Crown Prosecution Service (in-house Senior Crown Prosecutor June 2007 to May 2008) 2003-April 2005 and November 2005 to June 2007 Chambers-Barrister Web, The Internet Chambers January 2001 to March 2003 St. Albans Chambers, 11 London Road, St. Albans Hertfordshire- Practice details- Litigation- Prosecution for CPS Harrow presenting as an advocate all types of cases from Common Assault including Domestic Violence Courts, to Murder -liaison with witnesses -preparation of cases and presentation of preliminary Bad Character and Special Measures Applications -courtroom trials, Videolink cases, and associated advocacy Government Prosecutions and Public Law-in St. Albans and BarristerWeb Chambers Department of Work and Pensions Benefit Fraud Prosecutions (Attorney-General s List); Benefit Fraud prosecutions in the Magistrates and Crown Courts, plus teaching the PINS 7 Course to Fraud Investigators Public Law-Education Appeal Tribunal work-clerking of School Appeals including Tribunals and Committees, which are quasi-judicial and require a Legal Advisor during the proceedings, also acting for the Local Authority as a party to Appeals Tribunals, and PII work Financial Services law-pensions and insolvency law Criminal Defence work including Junior brief in a child abuse case May 2005-October 2005-Investigative Lawyer Serious Fraud Office 2

3 Drafting Letters of Request to foreign jurisdictions Drafting correspondence to potential witnesses and parties Drafting witness statements Drafting research Notes on various legal issues Working with the City of London Police on aspects of investigations ANNEX Chronological career history City of London Quilter Goodison Stockbrokers subsequently Banque Paribas Capital Markets; Institutional Equity broker advising financial institutions on their investments in UK stocks and European stocks-worked on UK and International teams Compliance Officer at Banque Paribas Capital Markets Master of Business Administration Degree in Finance Nottingham University July 1993-Called to the Bar Work Experience at the Bar to date Pupillage October 1993 until February 1995 Formerly in Chambers at 4, Kings Bench Walk, Temple October 1993-March 2000 including pupillage Pupillage-included working on Financial Services Regulatory matter, and large criminal commercial fraud case for the defence; also a large Chancery case involving securities litigation Tenant 4, Kings Bench Walk February 1995 until March 2000 Advocacy experience post-tenancy Criminal work -mainly litigation, all types of cases including prosecution and defence Prosecution work for CPS includes confiscation and restraint orders; cases involving Special Measures for vulnerable witnesses; specialised in Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) prosecutions of Benefit Fraud cases (Magistrates Court and Crown Court prosecutions); also, teaching the PINS 7 Course on Being a Witness for DWP Defence work includes all types of criminal cases, not exclusively, but including some finance-related work: Court of Appeal-March 1998, appeal against conviction allowed in a serious assault case-research and arguments included references to Article 6 ECHR-Crown conceded, re-trial ordered Civil work-personal injury; family ancilliary relief matters and committals 3

4 plus some licensing; also a multi-jurisdictional contract case 1997; instructed in 2001 in a Public Interest Immunity matter for a local authority in an education-related case Advisory work-criminal law:confiscation/restraint order advice; Civil-advised on the Financial Services Act and Company Law aspects of a proposed civil action including DTI aspects 1996 Office of the Banking Ombudsman- May 2000 to August 2000 Adjudicator-employed lawyer status Drafting adjudications on banking issues Bar practice 2000-Sole Practitioner from October to December D. Courses/Academic achievements/consulting/legal Associations College of Law-Banking Law One Day course for Solicitors Consultant to programmes for LNTV on Ethics for Solicitors and the Data Protection Act 1998 also participant in LNTV programme on Banking Guarantees AIJA-Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats-Office held-former President of the Banking and Finance Commission of AIJA (the International Association of Young Lawyers) Fellow of the Society of Advanced Legal Studies (SALS) Former Member of the British Institute of International Comparative Law (BIICL) Chairman of the British Fulbright Scholars Association-elected December 2005 Member of the Human Rights Lawyers Association Member of the Criminal Bar Association and the South Eastern Circuit E. Publications/Seminars: International Financial Law Review-July 1994 Arbitration for Financial Services International Financial Law Review-August 1997 Public Policy and Derivatives-the Question of Responsibilty Money-Laundering Law- Le Rapport Moral Sur L Argent dans le Monde Chapters in the 1995 and the 1998 Editions of this book Author of Chapter in Modern Financial Techniques, Derivatives and Law ed. Hudson published by Kluwer Law International 2000 (Fraud-The Impact of Modern Financial Products and Other Innovations) Co-editor of the book Banking Law Survey 1999/2000, with Manfred Heemann published in May 2001 by Kluwer Law International (co-author of Chapter with Philip R. Wood) Past Seminars and Conferences presented or where I have participated: 4

5 Money-Laundering Law-An Update presented to Allen & Overy 1996 Pensions Law Course-for Wilkinson Maughan Solicitors 1997 Co-organiser of AIJA Conference in London in Managing Banking Risks and Combating Fraud Speaker at Seminar in Frankfurt in 1998 Workshop on the Euro Workshop on Inward Investment in the Asia-Pacific Region at the Sydney Stock- Exchange-author of a paper and member of the Discussion Panel for the UK Seminar Money-Laundering Moves towards a Unified International Approach Lisbon Summer 2002, SFO and other speakers attended AIJA Seminar on Internet Banking Amsterdam October 2002-presented a paper on the law relating to fraud and the Internet Panel Member for the AIJA Banking Secrecy law Seminar March 2004 Zurich Speaker on Sky Legal TV talking about ASBO s and youth crime in June 2006 F. Languages: French and German to a good standard business-level G. Hobbies: Going to the cinema, ballet, opera, and theatre; learning to play the Harp, learning Chinese, attending art exhibitions, networking and supporting City charity events (Lord Mayor s Appeals, Red Cross and other charities), keep-fit at the gym, and tennis lessons 5