B.C. writer Steven Galloway’s defamation case moves forward [Video]

The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed a bid to appeal by accusers of former University of British Columbia writing professor and novelist Steven Galloway, paving the way for his defamation case against them to go to trial.

Galloway sued several people in B.C. Supreme Court in 2018, alleging he was defamed with false sexual assault allegations by fellow professors, a former student and others who repeated the statements on social media and elsewhere.

Galloway’s lawyer, Dan Burnett, said Thursday that the high court’s decision was a “relief” to his client, who wants to “clear his name” after more than five years of legal wrangling trying to get his defamation lawsuit to trial.

“Steven can finally move his case forward to a trial and have his claim heard,” Burnett said. “He’s a very determined man who has been badly wronged. He has stuck it out and he will stick it …