My Lords, the answer to that problem is that if the judge decides the point in favour of admitting evidence that would be embarrassing, the prosecution can always withdraw the case. That has happened many times. There is no difficulty there.
Interception of Communications (Admissibility of Evidence) Bill [HL]
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Lloyd of Berwick
(Crossbench)
in the House of Lords on Friday, 18 November 2005.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Interception of Communications (Admissibility of Evidence) Bill [HL].
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