Robin Shaw

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Robin is a partner in the media litigation team with over 30 years’ experience advising the some of the most well–known UK publications.

Robin has extensive experience of media litigation over many years, dealing with disputes involving publishing, film & tv financing and production, and the music industry. He has also conducted litigation involving contractual and corporate disputes and professional negligence.

In recent years his practice has primarily been in acting for publishers including newspapers, magazines and book publishers, particularly in the areas of defamation, privacy/breach of confidence, data protection and contempt of court, and he also gives pre-publication advice in these areas. Robin has represented book publishers including Penguin Books and Harper Collins, and has acted for many national newspapers. Robin has been Private Eye’s lawyer for over twenty years, handling its pre-publication work and its claims.