JFK Law was pleased to be able to help support the 2022 Canadian Native Fastball Championships which was held in Prince George B.C. over the holiday weekend (July 28 Read More
October 13th & 14th – Robert Janes and Karey Brooks Co-Chair PBLI’s Developments in Aboriginal and Indigenous Law 2022
JFK Law’s Robert Janes and Karey Brooks are co-chairing and presenting at PBLI’s conference Developments in Aboriginal and Indigenous Law 2022 in Vancouver BC. Brock Roe and Christina Gray will Read More
JFK Law Welcome Vanessa Phillips and Ashween Kaur
JFK is pleased to introduce Vanessa Phillips and Ashween Kaur to our team! Vanessa Phillips joins our assistant team as an Executive Assistant/ Legal Assistant to Robert Janes and Read More
JFK Law is Pleased to Welcome Our New Articling Student and Summer Students
JFK Law is pleased to introduce 3 new members of our team who will be joining us as they work on their articling and summer terms. Emily Peiffer, has Read More
Constitutionality of Indigenous child welfare law to be decided by the Supreme Court of Canada
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