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
Alberta Reinstates Longstanding Coal Policy amidst Legal and Political Pressure
February 12, 2021 | Of InterestOn February 8, 2021, Alberta decided to reinstate the Coal Development Policy after significant pushback from Indigenous communities, ranchers, music stars, and environmental groups. The policy, which had been in place since 1976, was quietly rescinded in May of 2020 with no public or Indigenous consultation taking place. The policy restricted coal mining in different
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Christina Gray Profile on ATLAS
February 10, 2021 | UncategorizedChristina Gray, an associate at JFK Law practicing in Aboriginal law, is the first Indigenous lawyer to be featured as a Profile with ATLAS, which stands for Acting Together: Law, Advice, Support. ATLAS is a global community of female-identifying lawyers, activists, and jurists with expertise in various facets of public international law. ATLAS features profiles
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Bill C-15: United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act
December 16, 2020 | CommentaryIntroduction On December 3, 2020, the government of Canada (Canada) tabled Bill C-15, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (Bill C-15). If passed, the bill would affirm the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) as an international human rights instrument with application in Canadian law and provide a framework
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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”).