Sources with a knowledge of the case said ASADA would come under attack in the upcoming hearing...
Well, not actually in the upcoming hearing, but in the positioning campaign conducted around the hearing in the media, the stuff we are currently hearing from the Bummers CEO and of course, the unnamed "sources". Their hope is that public opinion will influence the court, or, if not, at least they can run a we-was-robbed line after losing the case without looking like complete turkeys, to Essendon supporters anyway.
The hearing itself is de novo, meaning that it is a new case not an extension of the previous one. New evidence and arguments can be used and old evidence needs to be put forward again.