A federal magistrate judge, for example, doesn't need three cases to understand that Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26 (b) permits a party to discover «any nonprivileged matter that is relevant to any party's claim or defense» or information that «appears reasonably calculated to lead to the
discovery of admissible evidence.»
Mr. Watterson clearly regarded any testimony he might give as simply a re-statement of the information he had already given in his pleading, rather than as a necessary transmission of the facts in the
form of admissible evidence.
«Each judge also has the obligation to ensure that his or her courtroom establishes an impartial forum where disputes are resolved through rule of law and the
presentation of admissible evidence, free from extraneous influence.
Once Mr. Khadr is repatriated, it will be up to officials in the Canadian justice system to conduct an independent
assessment of admissible evidence against him, to determine whether this evidence supports charges under Canadian law, and if so, whether he should be tried as an adult or a child.
An attorney's questions must «be reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery
of admissible evidence.»
He mentioned that one such proposed change includes removing the language in Rule 26 that states «Relevant information need not be admissible at the trial if the discovery appears reasonable calculated to lead to the discovery
of admissible evidence.»
In response to the defendant's argument that a party to litigation is entitled to the production of evidence that is «reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery
of admissible evidence,» Magistrate Judge Facciola held that the defendant's purpose for seeking the images (which was to admit them as evidence of the plaintiff's own standard of behaviour) meant that the issue of discoverability and the issue of admissibility were inseparable.
A person pursuing a money recovery in an injury lawsuit is required to provide access to anything that the defendant's lawyers seek that is «reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery
of admissible evidence» and is within their custody or control.