Anticipate former record being brought up before court (6)
I believe the answer is:
expect
'anticipate' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'former record being brought up before court' is the wordplay.
'former' becomes 'ex'.
'record' becomes 'ep'.
'being brought up' is a reversal indicator (down clues only).
'before' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'court' becomes 'ct'.
'ep' reversed gives 'pe'.
'ex'+'pe'+'ct'='EXPECT'
(Other definitions for expect that I've seen before include "Be waiting for" , "Regard something as probable" , "Be pregnant" , "Regard as likely, suppose" , "Require as rightfully due" .)