https://lgbthistoryuk.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=S_Chelvan
S Chelvan - Revision history
2026-07-15T01:04:28Z
Revision history for this page on the wiki
MediaWiki 1.45.1
https://lgbthistoryuk.org/index.php?title=S_Chelvan&diff=54942&oldid=prev
LGBT-HP: Fix bare <references> tag: MW 1.45.1 Cite requires self-closing <references/>
2026-07-10T13:10:22Z
<p>Fix bare <references> tag: MW 1.45.1 Cite requires self-closing <references/></p>
<table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface">
<col class="diff-marker" />
<col class="diff-content" />
<col class="diff-marker" />
<col class="diff-content" />
<tr class="diff-title" lang="en">
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 13:10, 10 July 2026</td>
</tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l13">Line 13:</td>
<td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 13:</td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==References==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==References==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><references></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><references<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">/</ins>></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Lawyers]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Lawyers]]</div></td></tr>
</table>
LGBT-HP
https://lgbthistoryuk.org/index.php?title=S_Chelvan&diff=37068&oldid=prev
Ross Burgess at 22:12, 9 March 2016
2016-03-09T22:12:27Z
<p></p>
<table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface">
<col class="diff-marker" />
<col class="diff-content" />
<col class="diff-marker" />
<col class="diff-content" />
<tr class="diff-title" lang="en">
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 22:12, 9 March 2016</td>
</tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td>
<td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:S Chelvan.jpg|thumb|S Chelvan]]'''S Chelvan''' (born 1974 in Colombo, Sri Lanka)<ref>http://www.chambersandpartners.com/uk-bar/person/258163/s-chelvan. Accessed: 2016-03-09. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6ft9UZlao)</ref> is a barrister, specialising in immigration, asylum and nationality law.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:S Chelvan.jpg|thumb|S Chelvan]]'''S Chelvan''' (born 1974 in Colombo, Sri Lanka)<ref>http://www.chambersandpartners.com/uk-bar/person/258163/s-chelvan. Accessed: 2016-03-09. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6ft9UZlao)</ref> is a barrister, specialising in immigration, asylum and nationality law.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"Chelvan is his ‘given’ name used to represent his last name, in accordance with Sri Lankan Tamil tradition. It is prefixed by the ‘S’, which is the first letter of his father’s last name."<ref>http://legalhackette.com/2016/01/25/legal-hackette-lunches-with-s-chelvan/. Accessed: 2016-03-09. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6ftBX7PGY)</ref></ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>He is co-author with Harper et al of ''Same Sex Marriage and Civil Partnerships: the New Law'' (Jordans, 2014).</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>He is co-author with Harper et al of ''Same Sex Marriage and Civil Partnerships: the New Law'' (Jordans, 2014).</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 2014 he was named Legal Aid Barrister of the Year.<ref>http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jul/16/legal-aid-barrister-dangerous-world-gay-asylum-seekers-s-chelvan Mary O'Hara, "Legal Aid Barrister of the Year: 'it's a very dangerous world to be gay in'.'' The Guardian'', 16 July 2014.</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 2014 he was named Legal Aid Barrister of the Year.<ref>http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jul/16/legal-aid-barrister-dangerous-world-gay-asylum-seekers-s-chelvan Mary O'Hara, "Legal Aid Barrister of the Year: 'it's a very dangerous world to be gay in'.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">" </ins>''The Guardian'', 16 July 2014.</ref></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 2015 he was one of the lawyers marching under the [[Legal Pride 2015]] banner in [[London Pride]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 2015 he was one of the lawyers marching under the [[Legal Pride 2015]] banner in [[London Pride]].</div></td></tr>
</table>
Ross Burgess
https://lgbthistoryuk.org/index.php?title=S_Chelvan&diff=37067&oldid=prev
Ross Burgess: Created page with "S Chelvan'''S Chelvan''' (born 1974 in Colombo, Sri Lanka)<ref>http://www.chambersandpartners.com/uk-bar/person/258163/s-chelvan. Accessed: 2016-0..."
2016-03-09T21:56:48Z
<p>Created page with "<a href="/wiki/File:S_Chelvan.jpg" title="File:S Chelvan.jpg">thumb|S Chelvan</a>'''S Chelvan''' (born 1974 in Colombo, Sri Lanka)<ref>http://www.chambersandpartners.com/uk-bar/person/258163/s-chelvan. Accessed: 2016-0..."</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[File:S Chelvan.jpg|thumb|S Chelvan]]'''S Chelvan''' (born 1974 in Colombo, Sri Lanka)<ref>http://www.chambersandpartners.com/uk-bar/person/258163/s-chelvan. Accessed: 2016-03-09. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6ft9UZlao)</ref> is a barrister, specialising in immigration, asylum and nationality law.<br />
<br />
He is co-author with Harper et al of ''Same Sex Marriage and Civil Partnerships: the New Law'' (Jordans, 2014).<br />
<br />
In 2014 he was named Legal Aid Barrister of the Year.<ref>http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jul/16/legal-aid-barrister-dangerous-world-gay-asylum-seekers-s-chelvan Mary O'Hara, "Legal Aid Barrister of the Year: 'it's a very dangerous world to be gay in'.'' The Guardian'', 16 July 2014.</ref><br />
<br />
In 2015 he was one of the lawyers marching under the [[Legal Pride 2015]] banner in [[London Pride]].<br />
<br />
He was ranked number 43 in the [[Rainbow List 2015]]. The citation said:<br />
:"Chelvan, a barrister and LGBTI activist, has an international reputation in LGBTI asylum law. He developed a model based on recognising difference, stigma, shame and harm, which is now used routinely in LGBTI asylum cases. It is globally recognised by the UNHCR, governments, NGOs and lawyers."<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/therainbowlist/rainbow-list-2015-1-to-101-a6731391.html Sarah Morrison, Rainbow List 2015. ''Independent on Sunday'', 15 November 2015</ref><br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references><br />
<br />
[[Category:Lawyers]]<br />
[[Category:Rainbow List 2015|43]]<br />
[[Category:1974 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]</div>
Ross Burgess