UPDATE: The SCC has extended the usual timeline for filing interventions. The deadline for any interested Indigenous communities or other organizations to file applications to intervene is now September Read More
IMPORTANT DEADLINE APPROACHING: Band Reparations Class Action
This blog is about an ongoing residential schools class action claim open to Indigenous groups (“Bands”). The deadline to join the class action is MAY 31, 2022. Indian Day Read More
BC Releases its first action plan under the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act
On March 30, 2022, the BC Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation released its first action plan under the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (“DRIPA”). The Read More
BC Court of Appeal allows appeal brought by female flight attendants against WestJet and certifies their claim as a class action
Yesterday, the British Columbia Court of Appeal certified a class action brought by representative plaintiff Mandalena Lewis against Westjet Airlines. The lawsuit claims that WestJet breached its contracts with Read More
JFK Clients in the News
The spotlight is shining on JFK Clients in two distinct good news stories from the last few weeks! Please join us in congratulating our clients on their fantastic achievements! Read More
Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation files for judicial review of Saskatchewan’s decision to sell and lease lands in their traditional territory
JFK Law’s Karey Brooks Q.C. and Naomi Moses were recently quoted in articles in the Lawyer’s Daily and CBC News about a recent application for judicial review filed in Read More
Beaver Lake Cree Nation wins unanimous Supreme Court of Canada decision about Indigenous access to justice
Please join us in congratulating Beaver Lake Cree Nation on their recent win for Indigenous access to justice at the Supreme Court of Canada! Beaver Lake secured a landmark Read More
JFK Law Welcomes Sara Mainville!
JFK Law is excited to announce that Sara Mainville joins our firm today as a partner, April 1, 2022. Sara is known nationally as a thought leader and advocate Read More