Robin Shaw

Robin Henry Ledgard Shaw (2 January 1959 – 5 September 2025) was a British solicitor who practised as a media and defamation lawyer. Much of his work was for Private Eye and The Daily Telegraph.

Early life Born in West Sussex, Shaw was the only son of David Ledgard Shaw, an accountant and business partner of Robert Stigwood and Brian Epstein, and of his wife Paula Gisborne. He had two sisters.

Shaw spent most of his childhood in Norfolk. He was educated at Ludgrove School and then from 1969 to 1975 at Gresham's School, Holt. He began to train as an accountant, but soon gave that up to become an articled clerk at the law firm of Wright Webb Syrett, where he worked for the show business solicitor Oscar Beuselinck, Shaw later commented on the case Quote|It is important that the media stand up to attempts by large corporations and wealthy individuals to control what is published by threats of injunctions and huge legal costs, when based on spurious grounds.

Personal life Shaw married Rupina Ahluwalia in 2008, after they had been together for some fifteen years. They lived in London and Norfolk. Outside the law, his main interest was in opera, and he often visited the Royal Opera House and Glyndebourne.

He was survived by his wife and his ninety-year-old mother, who had outlived all three of her children.