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Generally, this phrase refers to a legal case that sets a precedent for other similar cases. For example, one might say, "The Brown v. Board of Education ruling of 1954 was a leading case in civil rights reform."
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leading case
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A reported decision which has come to be regarded as settling the law of the question involved.
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The leading case on the doctrine is Heath v. Alabama.
In 1993 in R v Brown, a leading case of consent, he ruled that the intentional infliction of bodily harm in sado-masochistic activities was unlawful.
Ultimately, the US Supreme Court ruled in his favor in 1981 in what became a leading case in attorney-client privilege.
One of his ancestors signed both the Declaration of Independence and the constitution and his great-grand- father had acted for the defence in the leading case about the confidentiality of presidential documents.
A leading case, according to Kay, is David Ray Griffin, a former professor at the Claremont School of Theology who has devoted his retirement to writing no fewer than 11 books that examine each minute of the 9/11 timeline.
It would appear that Bright is still the leading case on this topic, although (1) it was only at the High Court level so there is nothing stopping the appeal courts from examining the issue again, and (2) a lot has changed since then so a re-examination may be due in any event.
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The site is free and effective, providing interest calculators, court wording and details of leading cases to help people with their claims.
Norovirus (NoV) is a leading cause of sporadic cases and outbreaks of acute gastroenteritis (AGE).
In 1929 Denning produced an edition of Smith's Leading Cases which is a collector's item.
In 1929 he helped edit several chapters of Smith's Leading Cases (13th ed).
It was witty of the Cambridge Union to set up the debate as they did: a priest (me) leading the case against an established church, and a card-carrying atheist (Stephen Fry) leading the case for.
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