However, former Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies Campbell has criticised what he called "red line diplomacy".
The trial before Judge Lord Menzies is expected to continue for at least six weeks.
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Liberal Democrat foreign affairs spokesman Menzies Campbell also welcomed publication of a draft Bill.
Mr Menzies is due to meet fisheries minister Richard Benyon to discuss the issue.
Liberal Democrat defence spokesman Menzies Campbell said he had "a great deal of sympathy" for him.
But the Lib Dems have struggled recently, falling to 12% in the polls under Sir Menzies.
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Menzies added another, while Wayne Godwin, Michael Worrincy and Glenn Hall completed the Bulls' try-scoring.
Judge Lord Menzies set 9 April as the date for the issue to be debated.
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Both Sir Menzies and his predecessor, Charles Kennedy, were more comfortable attacking the government from the left.
But former Lib Dem leader Sir Menzies Campbell has said the coalition was a "marriage of inconvenience".
Conservative MP for the Warton area, Mark Menzies, said "now is not the time to give up".
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Edinburgh-based distribution and aviation firm John Menzies has announced a growth in profits despite "tough" market conditions.
Mr Menzies' bill was given an unopposed first reading but is unlikely to become law without government support.
Delegates will have an opportunity to size up their new UK Leader, Sir Menzies (known as Ming) Campbell.
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Could Lib Dem leader Sir Menzies Campbell be attempting to send shivers down the spines of his frontbench team?
"We are asking the poor to subsidise the rich, " Sir Menzies told MPs.
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Speculation over Nick Clegg's future as Liberal Democrat leader must end immediately, his predecessor Sir Menzies Campbell has said.
John Menzies said the move would take its distribution arm into new sectors.
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One is for Ms Menzies' children and the second for the other victims.
Unfortunately, no primer can tell Sir Menzies what he should do in what is likely to be a fluid situation.
Fylde Conservative MP Mark Menzies has called for cockling in the estuary to be banned unless greater controls are introduced.
Meanwhile, Menzies said finance director Paul Dollman, who has held the post for 10 years, would retire from the board.
Menzies Aviation said its Chicago Airport operation would close after having exhausted all alternative options over the last two years.
Judge Lord Menzies apologised to the eight women and seven men for the adjournment and said he hoped proceedings would resume on Monday.
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Liberal Democrats foreign affairs spokesman Menzies Campbell urged the government to "come clean" about whether it believed weapons would be found in Iraq.
Otis Williams, Ms Menzies's friend who is helping to run the fund, said he was "amazed" by the money raised.
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Ironically, the bid was launched in exactly the same spot as Sir Menzies announced he was running for leader last year.
Liberal Democrat foreign affairs spokesman Sir Menzies Campbell told Radio 4's Today Programme the letter came from experts in their field.
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The party's foreign affairs spokesman Menzies Campbell took the second largest amount of money before he dropped out of the race.
And former Lib Dem leader Sir Menzies Campbell said recent events had undermined Mr Fox's authority and morale at his department.
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