Linda is a member of Chamber’s Management Committee here at 7 New Square.

She is a qualified dentist whose expertise as a barrister extends to clinical negligence and personal injury as well as her main area of work in employment law. Her employment practice includes both litigation and non-contentious work such as drafting contracts of employment and specific policies and procedures to promote risk management in the work-place.

She is a part-time Employment Tribunal Chairman and a Legal Assessor to the General Medical Council. She writes regular features on occupational health and employment issues affecting the various branches of the medical profession. She has contributed chapters to a number of textbooks on occupational health and is a contributor to Atkin’s Court Forms, Health and Safety at Work (Butterworths).

Linda’s interest in further education is expressed through her activities as a pupil supervisor and as an advocacy trainer at Middle Temple. She also lectures on employment law on topics related to health and safety at work and on medico-legal matters for Health Education Authorities and training organisations. She devises and runs in-house training programmes for solicitors and lay clients.


Recent Articles:

• Goldman L, Lewis J: Age Discrimination; Employing Doctors and Dentists 2003;
  (58): 5 (October 2003)
• Goldman L, Lewis J: Access to Data;  Employing Doctors and Dentists 2004;
  (59): 2 (February 2004)
• Goldman L, Lewis J: Occupational Health Today (Journal); January 2004:
  Mobile phones in cars, a briefing note: www.lj-riseborough.freeserve.co.uk
• Goldman L, Lewis J: (1) Master or Servant; (2) Chips with everything;
  Occupational Health Journal, Vol 56 No 4
• Goldman L, Lewis J: How safe is safe enough; Occupational Health Journal,
  Vol 56, No 6.
• Goldman L, Lewis J: Stress, stress, go away; Occupational Health Journal
  Extra, September 2004, 10- 11.
• Goldman L, Lewis J: Public Interest Disclosure - a Private Matter;
  Occupational Health Journal, Vol 56 No 10, pp 12-13.
• Goldman L, Lewis J: Keeping the peace; Occupational Health Journal, 2004;
  Vol 56 No 11, pp 14-15.
• Goldman L, Lewis J: Workplace Rehabilitation; Occupational Health Journal,
  Vol 56 No 12, pp 12-13

2005: Journals