#WinterIsComing Travelling up to Leeds for Home Office asylum interview with client. #BarristerLife @33bedfordrow.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social

#UKasylum ➡️ #Danishmodel? #lbc MatthewWright #BBCNews Catherine Byaruhanga #Refugees #Asylum #HostileEnvironment #DanishModel @33bedfordrow.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social @stevepeers.bsky.social @zoejardiniere.bsky.social @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social @danielsohege.bsky.social

#TimesRadio #breakfastshow with @StigAbell & @KateEMcCann Hadush Kebatu ( bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… ) £500 comes outside the “additional payments” Facilitated Return Scheme : assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68517356��� 2024 USDOS -torture of detainees: state.gov/reports/2024-c…

Our #BarristerSpotlight for October is Dr S Chelvan - a multi-award winning and globally recognised legal expert who, since November 2020, has served as the Head of Immigration and Public Law Read about Chelvan's #career highlights, #expertise and #influence below. @drschelvan.bsky.social

#InMemorium 6/10/25 Mark’s 62nd Birthday - and what would have been our 24th anniversary Top Row (left-right) (1) 2002 (2) Mexico City June2023 (3) #LALY23 Bottom row (4) #Pride 2023 (5)Summer Rites 2004 (6) our last text message exchange (7) sharing the pain, emptiness, love and heartbreak ❤️‍🩹

Dr S Chelvan will be speaking at the '9th Global Summit on Feminist and LGBTQ+ Studies' in Vancouver - 'Through the Looking Glass – What Queer Refugees Can Focus on to Gain Sanctuary.' @drschelvan.bsky.social #QueerRefugees #ImmigrationLaw #SocialJustice www.33bedfordrow.co.uk/insights/new...

How to start the day … “I am so lucky to have you today .. I can’t believe it -I saw you on tv - on Sky and BBC. - to see you advocating for human rights - this is amazing .. “I was watching with my son and saying there is someone for us …- so our voice is heard - I thank you Dr”. Ali #uber

Not the usual Birthday (51st 1 September) Birthday greetings at home and from abroad (Melbourne-based cousin Shevy at the Pyramids) Media interviews -4 ( see www.linkedin.com/posts/dr-s-c... ) and the drinks with friends Grant and Martin) 🙏🏾

#AsylumHostels #Refugees #HomeSecretary (28 August 2025) BBC Radio Scotland, 7:35am regarding this morning’s hearing before the Court of Appeal (Ct 71) in the Epping Forest District Council case (from 7:35 am): bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/li… 19 August 2025 judgment bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/li���

#RootstoRoutes #SAHM25 “Roots to Routes” journey meshes the personal with the professional since my entry to the UK as a four year-old on 6 September 1978. Working to empower refugees and migrants as an intersectional Queer British South Asian 🙏🏾 #SouthAsianHeritageMonth (Image via Bloomberg )

#Nomos is back home … #Saturdaymorning

#OldDelhi Completed the #GoldenTriangle Stunning - mystical - intertwine culture, religion, and artisans. …. 🙏🏾

There are some destinations you only visit in your dreams … and sometimes dreams become a reality … #TheTajMahal 🙏🏾🇮🇳🏳️‍🌈

#India 🇮🇳

#PrideMonth2025 - Bloomberg is hosting a flagship event, exploring the importance of #inclusion of all, and the #safeguarding of #humanrights as drivers of economic growth and innovation. Dr Chelvan @drschelvan.bsky.social will be part of the #Panel Register: go.bloomberg.com/attend/invit...

Congratulations to Lucy Masoud - 33 Bedford Row Family Barrister - for being recognised as a finalist in this year's Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Awards! @wearelapg.bsky.social #Finalist #ProBono #FamilyBarrister #33BedfordRow www.33bedfordrow.co.uk/insights/new...

Dr Chelvan @drschelvan.bsky.social was recently #interviewed on Peter Cardwell's Show for Talk TV. The panel included Dr Chelvan and Steven Woolfe who discuss the UN Relief Chief video which shows #refugees forced to return to #Afghanistan from #Pakistan www.33bedfordrow.co.uk/insights/new...

We are pleased to announce that Geoffrey Carr has joined 33BR as Senior Civil #Clerk. Geoff has over forty years’ experience working in barristers’ chambers and has extensive expertise in #strategy, managing teams, client #relationships and fostering #collaboration.

Whilst the #Spring sunshine tempts more time outdoors -Nomos understands the brief - accompanied by @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social #SundayHomeworkClub is in full-swing … #BarristerLife @33bedfordrow.bsky.social @dogs.bsky.social

“One very important thing is education & equipping & empowering survivors … to get their stories into the right spaces, so they can start to influence those communities where we know that conversion practices and conversion ideology is absolutely rife.” We need to keep challenging homo/transphobia.

#SpringEquinox #NationalHappinessDay Having a very calm and relaxing few days in #RidingMill with best friend Penny and her family. (1) and (2) Collecting freshly laid eggs from Evie and Lily; and (3) and (4) BeadnellBeagle (Zack), @dogsoflaw Nomos and Rolo

Thought for the Day … #ChaseHope #ManhattanMemories

The @wearelapg.bsky.social 2025 LALY awards are GO! 🚀🚀 Nominations now open for the only awards dedicated to celebrating the life-changing work of legal aid lawyers. lapg.co.uk/wp-content/u...

#BarristerLife #Pupillage #PupilSupervisor Had one of my former pupils message me this morning : “… I have my first pupil starting with me today and I thought I’d message you …” “… having a pupil is a gift. You will learn more about you and your pathway now, than you have ever done before”.

#HappyValentinesDay To those who #Love And to those who have #Loved and #Lost … First Valentine’s Day without Mark ❤️

Dr Chelvan last week Thursday (6.2.25) on #BBCNews discussing #Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch proposals to increase the length of time it takes to qualify for #BritishCitizenship @drschelvan.bsky.social #barrister #expertise #immigration #settled Watch here: www.canva.com/design/DAGe5...

#BackInChambers Popped into #Ede&Ravenscroft to pick up a new Court atire for tomorrow’s Court of Appeal hearing. Have not robed-up since pre-Covid, but when the robes are on, then my role as an advocate really does start to come alive… #BarristerLife @33bedfordrow.bsky.social @UoSLawSchool

Honoured to provide @listentotimesradio.bsky.social #BreakfastShow some academic/legal commentary on some recent #deportation cases recently reported in the UK press. #ECHR @33bedfordrow.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social

Have just opened these two #FortuneCookies : “Your Mind is in a Restless State which only Travel will Satisfy” (hopefully already been achieved having just returned from my travels ✅); and “You Will Be A Good Boss to Work For” (🙏🏾) #ChineseNewYear2025 #YearOfTheSnake #Strength&Wisdom

#GongXiFaCai #HappyChineseNewYear2025 #YearOfTheSnake - May the Year Bring Wisdom and Strength 🙏🏾

Sharing a calm and tranquil Sunday sunrise … 🌅 🇲🇻

Hope the UK #homeoffice has prepared itself for a wave of #asylumclaims from #trans/#non-binary/gender-fluid USnationals fleeing state-sanctioned persecution based on their #genderidentity 🏳️‍⚧️ @stevepeers.bsky.social @zoejardiniere.bsky.social @danielsohege.bsky.social @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social

I #WearBothRings - notwithstanding my moving forward during this processing journey- there is no day, or hour, I don’t think about how these memories should have been shared with Mark. Because he would have wanted me to move forward - there is no going back, only forward …

#PoolDay - these last two weeks in the Maldives - the final leg of this journey -allows me time to reflect on the last month in Australia and Malaysia - but also to start making dreams into plans, and plans into reality - so this year becomes a positive transformative life-changing year … #50 #joy

#Moonlight - Creating New Memories - #Maldives

Happy Pongal 🙏🏾 Wishing a very Happy Thai Pongal to all who celebrate this Hindu Harvest Festival where joy and gratitude is given to #Suriya (the Sun God) for the bountiful harvest -the start of the Tamil month #Thai -an auspicious month. ☀️ 🙏🏾 #Reconnections #Joy #Pongal2025

#ARoomWithAView Arrived in #KualaLumpur (12 January), a city I last visited in 1992/93. My maternal grandmother was born in Ipoh, my maternal aunt, cousins & their families are in KL & Sabah. Bonds we make, break, or reconnect and strengthen through life, as: #LifeIsAJourneyNotADestination ….

#MonsoonRain … Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

#ImmigrationLawyer - never want to stop learning … #OneCountry #TwoBorderControls From Sydney -arrived in Kuala Lumpur -processed Immigration - only to then find a further border control on arrival at KK in Sabah (own border controls part of 1963 Agreement when joining the Malaysian Federation 🇲🇾)

Last day in #Sydney and #Australia 🇦🇺 #Sundayvibes #NorthBondiBeach

#TonySorby “Journey Tracks to Sacred Sites” @KateOwenGallery

#Twilight #NYE #SydneyHarbour A selection from last night’s NYE cruise …

#HappyNewYear - 2025 will bring #joy 🙏🏾❤️🥂🎇🎆🦚

Travelling to #SydneyHarbour to enjoy the #NYE2025 fireworks 🎇 🎆 Looking forward to welcoming #2025 🥂🙏🏾🇦🇺🇬🇧

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas 🎄 Happy Hanukkah 🕎 and Seasons Greetings … Celebrating this year in Sydney - but also remembering Christmas past with those who are no longer physically with us - but are there in spirit and love.

#MutualHeroes #LGBTQ+ #Visibility 🇦🇺🏳️‍🌈🇬🇧 Honoured to join the Hon. Justice Michael Kirby (Master Kirby) for #ChristmasEve lunch-piece of advice “control passion … don’t show your passion, and always justify your position”. Honoured to be gifted “What Would Gandhi Do?” we both have a mutual hero 🙏🏾

Living in the moment …. #Bondi

Rooftop Bar - Smokey Mezcal Margarita Supreme Court of Victoria Banksy Exhibition #TheOutsiders Melbourne Gallery

Aim for the stars, you fall on the trees … aim for the trees, you fall on the ground .. always aim for the Stars …