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
Draft United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (“UNDA”) Action Plan
March 21, 2023 | UncategorizedCanada publicly released its draft United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act action plan late in the day on March 20, 2023. This begins Phase 2 of Canada’s engagement about steps it will take to achieve the objectives of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (“UN Declaration”). Under
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Claire Truesdale quoted in recent Globe and Mail Article on delays in Indian status application process
March 8, 2023 | UncategorizedJFK Law’s Claire Truesdale has been quoted in recent Globe and Mail article “Ottawa aware of issues with lengthy process to apply for Indian status, documents show“. The Globe and Mail obtained memos and reports where the federal government internally acknowledges the process is drawn out and not well understood leading to delays that could
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Eight of JFK Law’s lawyers recognized as a Lexpert-ranked lawyer in the 2023 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory
March 1, 2023 | JFK NewsWe would like to congratulate Robert Janes, Karey Brooks, Tim Dickson, Mark Gustafson, Jeff Langlois, Sara Mainville, Brock Roe and Clayton Leonard for being voted as one of the 2023 Leading Legal Practitioners across Canada! The identification of leading practitioners and firms is based upon a comprehensive annual survey, ongoing since 1994. The selected lawyers have been recommended by their
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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”).