Myron Plett
WILLS and ESTATES LAWYER, VANCOUVER
About Myron Plett
Myron is a seasoned litigator with nearly twenty years of experience and a broad range of skills that has led to significant successes in the Provincial Court of British Columbia, the Supreme Court of British Columbia. He has also taken his clients to victory before tribunals such as the Residential Tenancy Branch and the BC Human Rights Tribunal. His wealth of knowledge and varied skills allow him to easily traverse such widely disparate areas of law as:
- Family law
- Wills and estates
- Contracts and leases
- Real estate
- Criminal law; and,
- Corporate / commercial transactions
Myron is not a one-size-fits-all lawyer. He adapts his approach with each client to meet them at their point of need, always looking for an efficient resolution. As much as he relishes every opportunity to step into a courtroom, he frequently achieves success in mediation or by other methods of alternative dispute resolution, saving his client unnecessary expense, delay, and uncertainty.
Passions and Achievements
Myron loves getting in front of a judge, but before becoming a lawyer, Myron spent years performing classical piano, conducting, in musical theatre and teaching. His performances have been recorded and broadcast by the CBC and he has collaborated with choirs, modern dance companies and performed in numerous musical theatre productions in Vancouver and Victoria.
Myron decided to apply his experiences in the high-stakes pressure of public performance in the practice of law and, after being called to the bar in British Columbia in 2008, began his career on the toughest stage: the courtroom.
Notable Victories
Chilton v. McDowell, 2016 BCSC 2203
- This tricky case regarding common law couples required that Myron convince the court that times have moved on from the days where a marriage-like relationship only started when parties moved in together and combined all their finances. Using a broad range of markers, Myron showed that the marriage-like relationship between the parties was a product of a number of factors which, when taken together, neutralized the arbitrary start date of a tenancy.
- https://www.canlii.org/en/bc/bcsc/doc/2016/2016bcsc2203/2016bcsc2203.html
S.N. v. E.C., 2014 BCPC 82
- When can a mother relocate with her children to a new home? This perennial question took on a whole new direction after the Family Law Act was brought into force in 2013. Myron helped his client navigate the complicated formulas that were implemented in this legislation, helping his client get permission to move her two children to a new life and new opportunities.
- https://www.canlii.org/en/bc/bcpc/doc/2014/2014bcpc82/2014bcpc82.html
Skene v. Ucluelet (District), 2019 BCSC 2051
https://www.canlii.org/en/bc/bcsc/doc/2019/2019bcsc2051/2019bcsc2051.html
Myron championed the rights of two property owners in the District of Ucluelet who were being told that they had to give up parts of their land to a right-of-way for a boardwalk for which construction had not been started. He argued, successfully, that the right-of-way lacked certainty and then convinced the court that it should exercise its discretion to cancel the right-of-way.