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
Standing For Truth: Vote No on Resolution 3
September 12, 2024 | UncategorizedTwo non-Indigenous lawyers seek to undermine the Law Society of British Columbia’s (“LSBC”) mandatory Indigenous Intercultural Course, by questioning the established facts about residential school burial sites through a resolution proposed at the upcoming 2024 LSBC Annual General Meeting. The resolution not only disregards the testimonies of residential school survivors about burial sites and undermines
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JFK Law Welcomes José Ferrer
September 12, 2024 | UncategorizedJFK is pleased to introduce José Ferrer. José joined our firm as the People & Culture Coordinator. Please join us in welcoming him to our firm.
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Congratulations to all our recognized Best Lawyers and Best Lawyers: Lawyer of the Year, Aboriginal Law, Vancouver Island – Mark Gustafson!
August 29, 2024 | JFK NewsJFK Law LLP is proud to announce that our firm and 7 of our lawyers are recognized by Best Lawyers® 2025 in Canada! A special congratulations to Mark Gustafson, who was named the Best Lawyers® 2025 “Lawyer of the Year” for Aboriginal Law / Indigenous Practice, Vancouver Island!
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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”).