On March 4th and 5th, 2015, JFK Law’s Bob Freedman, Krista Robertson and Mark Gustafson will be presenting at PBLI’s conference on Aboriginal Impact Benefit Agreements: Negotiation and Implementation, in Vancouver, B.C. Bob Read More
Summary of the Act to Amend the Indian Act
On December 16, 2014, the federal government passed Bill C-428 An Act to Amend the Indian Act, SC 2014 c 38. It says the Act is part of its Read More
JFK Court Report: Recent Cases from Ontario
The Ontario courts were fairly quiet on Aboriginal law in late 2014, however two cases touched on the intersection of Aboriginal rights and family law. In Brown v. Canada, Read More
JFK Court Report: Recent Cases from Specific Claims Tribunal
Halalt First Nation v Canada (Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development), 2014 SCTC 12 Halalt First Nation (“Halalt”) sought to amend its Declaration of Claim (“Claim”) to add Read More
JFK Court Report: Recent Cases from Newfoundland and Labrador
NunatuKavut Community Council Inc. v. Nalcor Energy, 2014 NLCA 46 The Newfoundland and Labrador Court of Appeal overturned a perpetual injunction against the NunatuKavut Community Council, Inc. (NCC), a Read More
JFK Court Report: Recent Cases from Alberta
Orr v Peerless Trout First Nation, 2015 ABQB 5 This case dealt with a challenge to the section of PTFN’s Customary Election Regulations that prevents any member from running Read More
A National Conversation on Racism
At JFK Law we hope to be part of an ongoing national conversation on racism faced by indigenous people. On January 22, 2015, Maclean’s magazine published a story by Read More
Paralegals and the Best Possible Service at JFK Law
While everybody knows what a lawyer or legal assistant is, not everybody knows what a paralegal is or what paralegals do. Here at JFK Law, Rose Singh is a Read More