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Aboriginal title can be declared over privately-owned land
Friday, November 15, 2024
The six Wolastoqey Nations in New Brunswick recently received a precedent-setting decision in their Aboriginal title claim. In Wolastoqey Nations v New Brunswick…
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Southwind v. Canada: Equitable Compensation for Breaches of Fiduciary Duty
Southwind v. Canada: Equitable Compensation for Breaches of Fiduciary Duty
Justice Binnie’s famous remarks in Wewaykum Indian Band v. Canada[1] about the Crown “wearing many hats” have since…
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OKT's Statement of Solidarity with Residential School Survivors
The discovery of bodies of 215 Indigenous children on the grounds of Kamloops Residential School is devastating beyond words. All of us at OKT grieve with our friends, colleagues, clients…
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Indigenous Laws in the Context of Conservation
To successfully build Nation-to-Nation and Crown-to-Inuit relationships that recognize and reconcile Crown and Indigenous jurisdictions and authorities, Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCAs) governance arrangements must find ways to…
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OKT Recognized in Annual Ranking of Experts in Indigenous Law
Lexpert has once again recognized OKT a national leader in the practice of Aboriginal law.
Lexpert conducts extensive surveys each year, to determine the leading experts in specific fields of…
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Court Confirms New Brunswick Must Share Tax Revenue with Maliseet First Nations
By Nick Kennedy …
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The Legal Imperative: Must versus Shall
(Posted March 11, 2021)
In normal conversation, if I tell you that you must do something, that would be understood as an imperative command. However, lawyers have undergone years of…
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