Smith, Oswest Senior v Gleaner (Media) Company Limited and Lisa Palmer-Hamilton

Civil Procedure-Rule 26.1 of Civil Procedure Rules-application to strike out claim-whether there are reasonable grounds for bringing the claim; Issue estoppel-whether issue in claim subject to issue estoppel on the basis of it being the subject of Court of Appeal judgment; Defamation-absolute privilege-whether words spoken during trial by counsel to absolute privilege.