Personal Profile

Profile

NATURE OF PRACTICE

Diana practises in employment law, and has a special interest in disability discrimination and occupational health law. Her practice is mainly advisory. She has advised several police forces, local authorities, NHS Trusts and large companies on issues of occupational health law.

She has been elected an Honorary Fellow of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians and an honorary life member of the Society of Occupational Medicine.

Diana is a part-time employment judge in Manchester and Liverpool.

She is an Honorary Senior Lecturer in the University of Manchester and lectures throughout the country and abroad on employment and occupational health matters. She is the author of Occupational Health Law (4th edition, Blackwell), a chapter in Hunter's Diseases of Occupations (Arnold) and writes a regular legal column in the journal Occupational Health at Work. She is a member of the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council.

Diana is an ACAS arbitrator with considerable experience of arbitration and mediation in employment disputes.

Diana was awarded an MBE for Services to Occupational Health in the 2008/2009 New Year Honours List.

ASSOCIATIONS

Society of Occupational Medicine
Association of Local Authority Medical Advisors

ENQUIRIES

All enquiries to be made through Teresa Thiele the Senior Clerk

Areas of Expertise:

• Employment

Email: clerk@stjohnsbuildings.co.uk
Telephone: 0161 214 1500