Welcome to JFK Law’s new blog! Our group has grown quickly since the founding of the firm in 2009. Our lawyers are leaders in the practice of aboriginal law and Read More
Announcements
- JFK Law Welcomes Bernd Christmas as Senior Counsel and Navigator of Wealth Creation Opportunities for First Nations Across Canada
- JFK Welcomes JC Steele
- JFK Law Welcomes Karen Drake
- JFK Law Welcomes Christina Joynt and others
- JFK Law Welcomes Paulina Treikauskaite
- JFK Welcomes Eric Shauntz
- JFK welcomes Lara Koerner-Yeo
- JFK welcomes Christine Edelmann
- JFK Law Welcomes Kim Bragg and Trish Badry
- JFK Law Welcomes Laura Sutherland and Rachel Street
- JFK Law Welcomes Molly Churchill, Chelsea Powers, and Halim Habibi
- JFK Welcomes Isabelle Lefroy and Jane Kosaipolkul
- JFK Law Welcome Vanessa Phillips and Ashween Kaur
- JFK Law is Pleased to Welcome Our New Articling Student and Summer Students
- JFK Law Welcomes Sara Mainville!
- JFK Law Welcomes Kelsey A. Rose and Kaelan Unrau and others
- JFK Welcomes Tejas Madhur and Danielle Nuttgens
- JFK Welcomes Justin Fontaine!
- JFK Welcomes Christina Gray and Patti Dahl!
- Naomi Moses speaking at the Social Justice Law Conference 2020
- Claire Truesdale Presenting at Law Foundation of BC
- JFK Welcomes Naomi Moses, Jessica Black and Laura Edwards
- JFK Law’s Principals Recognized in 2020 Best Lawyers Award
- JFK Law Welcomes Blair Feltmate
- JFK Law Welcomes Robin Phillips
- JFK Law Welcomes Brock Roe
- JFK Law Welcomes A.J. Freedman and Angela Waterlow
- New Principals of JFK: Jeff Langlois and Mark Gustafson
- JFK Law Welcome’s Jason Harman and Bev Faryna
- JFK Law Welcome’s Robin Dean and Madison Garson
- JFK Welcomes Lisa Geddert, Jessica Black and Gurneet Gill
- Erin Thomson-Leach returns to JFK Law!
- JFK Law Welcomes Stacey Jessiman de Nanteuil
- JFK Law welcomes Tim Dickson as Principal on February 1, 2017
- JFK Law welcomes Clayton Leonard as Senior Counsel on January 1, 2017
Legislative Changes to Federal Environmental Laws – Duty to Consult Triggered
In December 2014, the Federal Court determined that Canada owed a duty to consult to Mikisew Cree First Nation when it introduced two omnibus bills (Bills C38 and C45) Read More
Yukon court overturns government land use plan for the Peel Watershed
On December 2, 2014 the Yukon Supreme Court released its decision quashing a land use plan adopted by the Yukon government for the Peel Watershed. First Nations Read More
Bob Freedman and Melody Lepine to Present at Western Aboriginal Consultation & Negotiation
On February 10, 2015, JFK Law’s Robert Freedman and Melody Lepine of Mikisew Cree First Nation will be making a joint presentation on the topic of “Negotiating Effective Impact Read More
Canada Launches New Aboriginal and Treaty Rights Information System
This fall, Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, or AANDC, launched a new online information system that maps public information about aboriginal communities and “potential or established” aboriginal and Read More
Supreme Court of Canada Releases Landmark Aboriginal Title Decision Tsilhqot’in v. British Columbia
On June 26, 2014, the Supreme Court of Canada granted the first ever declaration of Aboriginal title, a significant victory for Aboriginal peoples across Canada. The decision recognized that Read More
Summary of Squamish Nation v British Columbia (Community, Sport and Cultural Development), 2014 BCSC 991
The Squamish and Lil’wat Nations (the “Nations”) successfully claimed that the Province breached the duty to consult in its approval of the 2011 Official Community Plan (the “OCP”) for Read More
Case Comment: Sechelt Indian Band v. British Columbia, , 2013 BCCA 262
By: Meg Gaily On June 5, 2013, the British Columbia Court of Appeal released its judgment in Sechelt Indian Band v. British Columbia (Manufactured Home Park Tenancy Act, Read More