Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Using the courts strategically to advance your Nation’s Rights
Our team of experienced litigators advance our clients’ interests in courts across the country. We prove and protect your rights through strategic litigation, including Aboriginal rights and title cases, Treaty infringement litigation, judicial reviews, and interventions in important cases.
Consultation, Accommodation and Regulatory Review
Making the Crown comply with the duty to consult and accommodate
We help our clients advance their right to free, prior and informed consent when consulting with the Crown. This includes helping Indigenous communities develop their own consultation processes, negotiate alternatives to the duty to consult framework, respond to referrals in their traditional territories, engage in environmental assessment processes, and challenge decisions made without proper consultation and accommodation.
Complex Negotiations
Securing and implementing your community’s rights through complex negotiations
Our lawyers support Indigenous communities in advancing their rights and securing economic opportunities through complex negotiations with government and industry, including impact benefit agreements, complicated commercial agreements and modern treaties. We focus on pushing the envelope and ensuring that government and industry respond to what our clients want to achieve.
Economic Development and Governance
Helping build strong, sustainable communities
JFK Law works alongside Indigenous communities to advance self-government and build a solid foundation for economic development.
From our Blog
Update Part II: Attorney General of Quebec Appeals trailblazing R v Montour and White decision
March 19, 2024 | UncategorizedThe Grounds of Appeal and their implications In our previous blog post we recapped the Quebec Superior Court’s trailblazing decision in the case of R v Montour and White. As widely expected, the Attorney General of Quebec has appealed the trial court’s decision, making the case of Montour and White one to keep a close
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Update Part I: Attorney General of Quebec Appeals trailblazing R v Montour and White decision
March 19, 2024 | UncategorizedRecap of the Quebec Superior Court case & hot button issues On November 1, 2023, the Quebec Superior Court released its decision in the groundbreaking Aboriginal and Treaty rights case of R v Montour and White (2023 QCSC 4154). As covered in depth within a previous blog post, this novel judgment received broad praise from
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West Jet Class Action
This is the landing point for a class action that has been filed by Mandalena Lewis against WestJet Airlines Ltd. (“WestJet”).