Elliott Myers, K.C.

The Honourable Elliott Myers, K.C. retired from the Supreme Court of British Columbia in July 2024, after an 18-year career on the bench. He adjudicated some of the most complex cases in the Province, some using an arbitral procedural model, for example, the Pro-Sys v Microsoft class action. As a judge, Elliott was receptive to and initiated novel approaches to try cases efficiently and fairly, the Microsoft case being one example.

Elliott sat on numerous court and national judicial committees, many with an emphasis on the use of technology in litigation. He has been a frequent speaker on technology issues and a leading user and advocate of the use of technology both before and during trial to increase efficiency and decrease costs. He was one of the earliest judges, if not the earliest, to run paperless trials and was one of the authors of the court's initial Electronic Practice Directive.

Many of the cases Elliott worked on as counsel and adjudicated on the bench involved cross-border issues. He co-authored the 2022 Sedona Commentary on Cross-Border Privilege and was on the Sedona Canada steering committee from 2019 to 2024.

Before being appointed to the bench in 2005, Elliott headed the commercial litigation group of Bull Housser & Tupper (now Norton Rose Fulbright). He was one of the lead counsel for the Province's case against the tobacco industry and had a wide-ranging civil litigation practice, including arguing cases in the Supreme Court of Canada. Elliott was made a Queen's Counsel (now King's Counsel) in 2002.

Elliott now draws on his judicial experience to bring a risk-benefit perspective to mediations. Having used an arbitration model in several complex trials, he conducts arbitrations efficiently and fairly, making maximum use of technology where appropriate.