That judgment, the biggest change in the standard for admissibility of scientific evidence in the federal court system for 70 years, was initially used in civil cases.

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The crossbencher, Lady Cox, wants ministers' assessment of the recent escalation of violence in Nigeria, and the former law lord, Lord Lloyd of Berwick, asks when the Chilcot committee's verdict on the admissibility of intercept evidence in court is expected.

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The defence weighed in with frequent objections about the admissibility of evidence.

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The defense said its decision in January to waive a hearing on the admissibility of DNA evidence applied only to results known at the time.

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New legislation passed by Mr Berlusconi's government in October was used to challenge the admissibility of the prosecution's evidence, but the judges were unmoved.

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Before Italy's election this May, lawyers for defendants in each of the three cases of alleged bribery of judges, in two of which Mr Berlusconi is involved, challenged the admissibility of evidence obtained by Italian prosecutors from their Swiss counterparts.

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Its first stop would be the Justice Committee, where it could get mired in all sorts of procedural issues, including the admissibility of the main evidence against Mrs Arroyo: purported recordings of her telephone conversations, made without her knowledge or consent.

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Other questions were on the recent escalation of violence in Nigeria, when the Chilcot committee will report on the admissibility of intercept evidence, and how the government's loan guarantee scheme will work.

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