Georgia player’s father seeks $2 million in fatal crash

ATLANTA — The father of a deceased University of Georgia football player is seeking $2 million in what may become the first civil action involving a fatal car crash that rocked the school’s champion football program. [–> In a legal notice sent to the university this month, offensive lineman Devin Willock’s father disputes much of […]

The Law Debenture Trust Corporation plc v Ukraine (acting upon the instructions of the Cabinet Ministers of Ukraine) [2023] UKSC 11 – UKSC Blog

On appeal from: [2018] EWCA Civ 2026 This appeal arose out of a contractual dispute between Ukraine and the Law Debenture Trust Corporation plc (“the Trustee”), acting on behalf of the Russian Federation (“Russia”). In 2013, Ukraine issued Eurobonds (“the Notes”) with a nominal value of US $3 billion and carrying interest at 5% per […]

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 […]