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
Sara Mainville Interviewed by The Globe and Mail Calling for Clearer Ethical Guidelines and Practices in Light of First Nation Settlement Payouts
January 3, 2025 | UncategorizedJFK Law LLP is pleased to share our Managing Partner Sara Mainville’s contributions to the recent Globe and Mail article entitled “As more money flows from historic treaty settlements, Indigenous communities focus on financial literacy education.” Written by journalist Willow Fiddler, the article addresses the influx of settlement payouts First Nations are receiving for various
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JFK Law Welcomes Mayra Hernandez to our support team
January 3, 2025 | UncategorizedJFK is pleased to welcome Mayra Hernandez as the newest Legal Administrative Assistant and Office Clerk to our team at the Victoria office. Mayra will be supporting Counsel Brock Roe and Associate Shayla Praud. We invite you to join us in welcoming Mayra to our firm.
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Siksika Nation litigates to protect the Nation’s lands and water supply against Alberta’s decision to build a new dam on the Bow River
December 19, 2024 | UncategorizedThe Siksika Nation is challenging Alberta’s decision to proceed with a new dam and reservoir on the Bow River upstream from the Nation’s lands and water supply. Robert Janes, KC, Kaelan Unrau and Clayton Leonard are acting for the Siksika Nation in a legal action filed on December 16th, 2024. Despite concerted efforts by Siksika to
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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”).