Paul Yates
@probonopaul.bsky.social
Counsel & pro bono head @Freshfields, tweeting about access to justice, modern slavery & other human/fundamental rights. Chair @AIRECentre. Personal account.
Star Wars: Episode V - I am your Father
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October 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
When someone corrected me I was completely convinced they were wrong. I still think this qualifies as pedantry though π
October 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
When someone corrected me I was completely convinced they were wrong. I still think this qualifies as pedantry though π
See the section on the Mandela effect. It's fascinating. This is bullet 3 of "other examples":
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_m...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_m...
False memory - Wikipedia
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October 5, 2025 at 6:46 PM
See the section on the Mandela effect. It's fascinating. This is bullet 3 of "other examples":
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_m...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_m...
I know you love a pedant so have to ask - you know he doesnβt actually say βLukeβ in that line right? Itβs a classic example of the Mandela effect.
October 5, 2025 at 10:23 AM
I know you love a pedant so have to ask - you know he doesnβt actually say βLukeβ in that line right? Itβs a classic example of the Mandela effect.
Nice. Itβs plum harvest day in WC1 (15kg). Crumbles incoming!
August 25, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Nice. Itβs plum harvest day in WC1 (15kg). Crumbles incoming!
Anyone else thinking Spain have left caldentey on for too long?
July 27, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Anyone else thinking Spain have left caldentey on for too long?
I was kind of joking - I do take your point!
July 17, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I was kind of joking - I do take your point!
βYou canβt cause harm by votingβ π
July 17, 2025 at 11:21 AM
βYou canβt cause harm by votingβ π
Reposted by Paul Yates
The previous government had changed Immigration Rules making family reunion for stateless people much harder.
We challenged that in the High Court and won β the court found the changes to be unlawful.
Here's what it means for stateless people & their families π
freemovement.org.uk/asylum-aid-w...
We challenged that in the High Court and won β the court found the changes to be unlawful.
Here's what it means for stateless people & their families π
freemovement.org.uk/asylum-aid-w...
Asylum Aid wins High Court challenge to the statelessness family reunion rules - Free Movement
Asylum Aidβs legal challenge to the lawfulness of the statelessness family reunion rules has been comprehensively upheld. The judgement was handed down by the
freemovement.org.uk
April 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The previous government had changed Immigration Rules making family reunion for stateless people much harder.
We challenged that in the High Court and won β the court found the changes to be unlawful.
Here's what it means for stateless people & their families π
freemovement.org.uk/asylum-aid-w...
We challenged that in the High Court and won β the court found the changes to be unlawful.
Here's what it means for stateless people & their families π
freemovement.org.uk/asylum-aid-w...
(2/2) ...but feeling weirdly guilty - it seemed positively illicit to be benefitting so richly from the depths of Alex's remarkable erudition, passion & industry, scot-free.
So delighted now to be a regular contributor on ko-fi.com/podyssey
So delighted now to be a regular contributor on ko-fi.com/podyssey
Support Alex Andreou
Support Alex Andreou
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April 28, 2025 at 9:30 AM
(2/2) ...but feeling weirdly guilty - it seemed positively illicit to be benefitting so richly from the depths of Alex's remarkable erudition, passion & industry, scot-free.
So delighted now to be a regular contributor on ko-fi.com/podyssey
So delighted now to be a regular contributor on ko-fi.com/podyssey
This is 100% my favourite podcast, and I listen to a loooot of podcasts: @alexpodyssey.bsky.social.
Greek myths, storytelling, history, culture, music, humanity - & all direct from @sturdyalex.bsky.social's velvety voice!
I've been a devotee from the outset, but ...... (1/2)
Greek myths, storytelling, history, culture, music, humanity - & all direct from @sturdyalex.bsky.social's velvety voice!
I've been a devotee from the outset, but ...... (1/2)
April 28, 2025 at 9:30 AM
This is 100% my favourite podcast, and I listen to a loooot of podcasts: @alexpodyssey.bsky.social.
Greek myths, storytelling, history, culture, music, humanity - & all direct from @sturdyalex.bsky.social's velvety voice!
I've been a devotee from the outset, but ...... (1/2)
Greek myths, storytelling, history, culture, music, humanity - & all direct from @sturdyalex.bsky.social's velvety voice!
I've been a devotee from the outset, but ...... (1/2)
Guys I found the opening times. Sense this could be important. @sturdyalex.bsky.social
April 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Guys I found the opening times. Sense this could be important. @sturdyalex.bsky.social
Was that a case or a burn π€
April 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Was that a case or a burn π€
Reposted by Paul Yates
Very important and interesting #trafficking & #ECF / #legalaid judgment from the EW High Court last week: HJK & ors v LAA www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWH... 1/7
HJK & Ors, R (On the Application Of) v Director of Legal Aid Casework [2025] EWHC 774 (Admin) (01 April 2025)
www.bailii.org
April 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Very important and interesting #trafficking & #ECF / #legalaid judgment from the EW High Court last week: HJK & ors v LAA www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWH... 1/7
7/ Congratulations to ATLEU, @shushinluh.bsky.social & Maria Moodie for their work on these very important cases.
April 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
7/ Congratulations to ATLEU, @shushinluh.bsky.social & Maria Moodie for their work on these very important cases.
6/ The court also undertakes a meticulous demolition of the LAAβs contention that the CICA application process is βstraightforwardβ [98-109].
April 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
6/ The court also undertakes a meticulous demolition of the LAAβs contention that the CICA application process is βstraightforwardβ [98-109].
5/ βFairness demands that these Claimants should be able to present their cases for compensation effectively at the first time of applyingβ [96].
April 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
5/ βFairness demands that these Claimants should be able to present their cases for compensation effectively at the first time of applyingβ [96].
4/ This argument is brutally described in lawyerspeak as a βsurprising conclusionβ [92] (BrE: obviously wrong).
April 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
4/ This argument is brutally described in lawyerspeak as a βsurprising conclusionβ [92] (BrE: obviously wrong).
3/ Particularly short shrift is reserved for the LAAβs submission that ECF was applied for at βa very early stage in the processβ [82] -- ie, that it would have been more appropriate to apply for ECF *after* a CICA application had been refused.
April 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
3/ Particularly short shrift is reserved for the LAAβs submission that ECF was applied for at βa very early stage in the processβ [82] -- ie, that it would have been more appropriate to apply for ECF *after* a CICA application had been refused.
2/ tl;dr: the LAA was wrong to refuse ECF to these four trafficking survivors for their CICA application β to do so was a breach of their article 6 ECHR rights.
April 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
2/ tl;dr: the LAA was wrong to refuse ECF to these four trafficking survivors for their CICA application β to do so was a breach of their article 6 ECHR rights.
Very important and interesting #trafficking & #ECF / #legalaid judgment from the EW High Court last week: HJK & ors v LAA www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWH... 1/7
HJK & Ors, R (On the Application Of) v Director of Legal Aid Casework [2025] EWHC 774 (Admin) (01 April 2025)
www.bailii.org
April 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Very important and interesting #trafficking & #ECF / #legalaid judgment from the EW High Court last week: HJK & ors v LAA www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWH... 1/7