What happened when a grown adult put himself up for adoption?

‘There is nothing better than the warmth of a happy, well-adjusted family’ (iStock) On a Sunday morning in January 2005, readers of the North Carolina newspaper The Charlotte Observer opened its classifieds section expecting to see the usual assortment of Dyson updates and sectional sofas. Instead, they were presented with an ad posted by 43-year-old […]

Rakusen v Jepsen and others [2023] UKSC 9 – UKSC Blog

On appeal from: [2021] EWCA Civ 1150 This appeal is about Rent Repayment Orders. These are orders that can be made against landlords who have committed certain housing-related attacks. They require a landlord to repay an amount of rent paid by a tenant (or pay to a local housing authority an amount of universal credit […]

Judge rules to temporarily suspend Sheriff Lyde

Clay County Sheriff Jeffrey Lyde sits and waits during proceedings Jan. 17, 2023, at the Clay County Courthouse in Henrietta. MONTAGUE, Texas — A judge ruled to temporarily suspend Clay County Sheriff Jeffrey Lyde from his official duties after a hearing Thursday for a petition to oust him from the elected office. The judge did […]