Dr S Chelvan (he/him)

#TimesRadio #breakfastshow with @StigAbell & @KateEMcCann

Hadush Kebatu ( bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… )
£500 comes outside the “additional payments” Facilitated Return Scheme :
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2024 USDOS -torture of detainees:
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🙏🏾 @33bedfordrow.bsky.social

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 ❤️‍🩹

Thank you Kate 🙏🏾

#GoodMorningBritain- discussing the facts & issues surrounding the UK’s approach to trafficking victims under the UK-France treaty (co-panellist Christian Calgiewith presenters Susanah Reid &Richard Madeley)

#Refugees

@33bedfordrow.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social

Dr S Chelvan to Speak at Global Summit on Feminist and LGBTQ+ Studies Chambers would like to announce that Dr S Chelvan, a leading legal voice in immigration and public law, has been invited to speak at the '9th Global Summit

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

Thank you Jeff x

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)

🙏🏾

Link to the Live Stream (Court of Appeal) from 10am Lord Justice Bean, Lady Justice Nicola Davies and Lord Justice Cobb:

www.court-tribunal-hearings.service.gov.uk/court-of-app...

#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
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#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
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#SouthAsianHeritageMonth
(Image via Bloomberg )

#Nomos is back home …

#Saturdaymorning

#OldDelhi

Completed the #GoldenTriangle

Stunning - mystical - intertwine culture, religion, and artisans. …. 🙏🏾

Thank you Karin x 🙏🏾

#Magic

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...

Lucy Masoud has been announced as a finalist in the Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Awards 2025 Congratulations to Lucy Masoud <https://www.33bedfordrow.co.uk/people/lucy-masoud?preview_mode=1#content/introduction> - 33 Bedford Row Family Barrister -

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 Interviewed on Talk TV's Peter Cardwell Show – Analysing the Safety of Refugees Returning to Afghanistan Dr S Chelvan <https://www.33bedfordrow.co.uk/people/chelvan-s?preview_mode=1#content/introduction> - Head of Immigration and Public Law at 33 Bedford Row -

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

‘This has been a long road’: relief and excitement as NSW ban on gay conversion practices comes into effect ‘You’re not broken. You do not need fixing,’ attorney general says in welcoming legislation that makes LGBTQ+ conversion practices punishable by jail time

“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.
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#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”.

Thank you Hamza x