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Struan Robertson's biography

Struan is a technology lawyer with Pinsent Masons and Editor of OUT-LAW.

Although he started his career as a corporate lawyer, Struan has always been enthusiastic about IT. He tried to program his Spectrum in the early '80s, built his first website in 1996, then struggled through a Java evening class in 1999. By his own admission, none of these coding endeavours displayed any talent.

He joined Pinsent Masons in March 2000 to work full-time on OUT-LAW.COM and has been editor since its launch in May of that year. A Legal Director with the firm, Struan also edits OUT-LAW's sister site, AboutCookies.org.

Struan advises OUT-LAW users and often speaks at seminars and conferences and to the press on issues such as:

Copyright, trade marks and patents
Data protection & security
Domain names
E-commerce
Email marketing
ISPs and hosting issues
Web accessibility

In 2004, Struan was named Legal Services Champion at In Brief Magazine’s e-Loties awards. He is a member of the BSI Committee responsible for writing the first British Standard on web accessibility, BS 8878 and a member of the Usability Professionals Association.

In the past Struan has written a weekly column for Times Online and a column for the British Computer Society’s Information Security Now quarterly journal. He continues to write a monthly Q&A for .Net magazine and can be found at Twitter.com/struan99.

Based in: Glasgow

Email: struan.robertson@pinsentmasons.com

Telephone (direct): +44 (0)141 249 5422

See: OUT-LAW's other contacts.

Recent speaking engagements

Addressing a client's legal team on the legal risks of cloud computing, July 2009 (London)
Addressing another client's legal team on the legal risks of cloud computing, June 2009 (London)
Effective online strategies for law firms: OUT-LAW's view of what works and what doesn't, May 2009 (Strathclyde University's annual IT law retreat, Ross Priory, Scotland, hosted by Richard Susskind)
Cloud computing: the legal issues for business users, April 2009 (OUT-LAW Breakfast Seminar, Glasgow, Edinburgh and London)
Legal issues in social media marketing, March 2009 (Social Media Influence 2009 conference, London)