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Ratcliff lawyers Greg McDade and Kate Blomfield represent Yukon First Nations in filing a constitutional challenge to Canada’s amendments to Yukon’s development assessment legislation

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3 Yukon First Nations file court challenge over Bill S-6, as promised

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14 Oct 2015

Three Yukon First Nations — the Teslin Tlingit Council, the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations, and the Lit

Fort Nelson First Nation gets Nexen fracking water license overturned

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Water licence for northeast B.C. fracking operation cancelled

B.C. First Nation gets Nexen fracking water licence overturned

Environmental Appeal Board Ruling

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03 Sep 2015

The Fort Nelson First Nation, represented by Ratcliff lawyers James Tate, Nathan Hume and Michelle Bradley, has won a potentially precedent-setting decision from the B.C. Environmental Appeal Board that cancels the water licence of a natural gas fracking operation in northeast B.C.

Squamish First Nation outlines five major conditions for Woodfibre LNG plant

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Squamish First Nation outlines five major conditions for Woodfibre LNG plant

Possible road block in the construction of Squamish Woodfibre LNG Plant

Squamish Nation’s power in LNG decision unprecedented: lawyer

Squamish Nation places 26 conditions on Woodfibre LNG project

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27 Jun 2015

The Squamish Nation has announced five major conditions and 20 other conditions that must be satisfied if it is to approve the proposed Woodfibre LNG plant.

Saik'uz and Stellat'en First Nations Successful in Appeal Against Rio Tinto Alcan Inc.

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Appeal Court: No title? No problem. Aboriginals can sue over territorial claims

Appeals court breathes new life into lawsuit against Rio Tinto Alcan

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15 Apr 2015

Ratcliff lawyers Greg McDade and Melinda Skeels succeeded at the BC Court of Appeal in

Ratcliff & Company named as one of Canada's top firms in Aboriginal Law

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Full list of firm rankings in Chambers Global 2015

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25 Mar 2015

Recently, Ratcliff & Company LLP was ranked as one of Canada's top law firms in Aboriginal Law in the category of boutique law firms by legal publisher Chambers and Partners.

Blueberry River First Nations file claim challenging development in Northeast BC

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2015-03-03 Notice of Civil Claim.PDF

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03 Mar 2015

Blueberry River First Nations, a Treaty 8 nation, filed a lawsuit challenging the cumulative impacts of the development of their traditional territory and the failure of BC to uphold promises made in Treaty 8.

Ratcliff assists Squamish Nation in historic land deal with the Musqueam, Tseil-Waututh and federal governments

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Land development deal with B.C. First Nations launches new era (September 5, 2014)

Huge land deal opens big tracts of Vancouver to development (September 6, 2014)

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05 Oct 2014

Ratcliff lawyer Aaron Bruce assisted the Squamish Nation in negotiating an historic $307 million land deal.

Ratcliff Lawyers Successfully Defend Burnaby's Right to Enforce its By-laws

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Burnaby wins ruling against Kinder Morgan

Kinder Morgan loses motion to continue tree-cutting on Burnaby Mountain

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25 Sep 2014

In what's considered a huge win for the City of Burnaby's legal battle to stop the Trans Mountain Expansion Project, the National Energy Board struck down the company's application to forbid Burnaby city staff from blocking the pipeline company's test drilling on Burnaby Mountain in a protected c

City of Burnaby to Pursue Constitutional Challenge of National Energy Board

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Burnaby embark on constitutional challenge of NEB

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14 Aug 2014

Ratcliff lawyer Gregory McDade, counsel for the City of Burnaby, has filed notice with the National Energy Board that the city intends to pursue a constitutional challenge of section 73 of the National Energy Board Act.

Ratcliff lawyers succeed before Specific Claims Tribunal with finding that Canada breached its fiduciary duty to the Huu-ay-aht First Nations

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Decision - Huu-ay-aht First Nations v. HMTQ, 2014 SCTC 7

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15 Jul 2014

Ratcliff lawyers John Rich, Kate Blomfield and Emma Hume succeed in securing the Specific Claim Tribunal’s first compensation decision, successfully arguing that Canada breached its fiduciary duty to the Huu-ay-aht First Nations (“HFN”) multiple times and the HFN must be compensated.

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