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
Announcing 2024 Lexpert Rising Stars Winner – Aria Laskin!
November 20, 2024 | JFK NewsWe are incredibly proud to announce that Aria Laskin is a Lexpert Rising Stars Winner! This recognition is very well deserved. Congratulations from all of us at JFK Law! Aria is a partner at JFK Law and works out of our Vancouver office. Her practice focuses on Aboriginal, administrative, and constitutional law, and on advancing
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Should Contingency Fee Agreements be contingent on independent legal advice? The Ontario Superior Court in Nootchtai v Nahwegahbow Corbiere Genoodmagejig weighs in
November 13, 2024 | Commentary, Court ReviewDecision Overview On October 31, 2024, the Ontario Superior Court released an important decision ordering the review by the Court of the $510 million contingency fee charged by the Robinson Huron Treaty Litigation Fund’s legal team following a negotiated settlement between Robinson Huron Treaty First Nations, Canada, and Ontario. This decision sets an important precedent
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JFK Law named Law Firm of the Year (Canada) in Aboriginal Law / Indigenous Practice by Best Law Firms™ – Canada
October 31, 2024 | JFK News, UncategorizedWe are pleased to announce JFK Law’s recognition by Best Law Firms™ – Canada as “Law Firm of the Year” (2025) in Aboriginal Law/ Indigenous Practice, in the inaugural edition of Best Law Firms™ – Canada! JFK was also recognized by Best Law Firms™ – Canada, National Rankings, in Tier 1 for Administrative and Public
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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”).