Russell Chiong focuses on Aboriginal law, Specific Claims, Impact Benefit Agreements, environmental impacts and assessments, and First Nations governance issues.
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Frances Ankenman
Frances Ankenman is a skilled advisor advocating for and collaborating with First Nations in treaty negotiation and implementation, strategic consultation with the Crown, drafting legislation and advising treaty and non-treaty First Nations in the law-making process.
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Kevin D. Lee is the Managing Partner of Ratcliff LLP. He is an experienced senior advisor, litigator, and mediator known for in-depth analysis and creative problem solving with experience across major Aboriginal rights and title cases, multi-decade & complex civil litigation matters, contract and employment issues, and estate and real property disputes.
Continue readingDevelopment of Aboriginal lands: Successes, risks and environmental concerns respecting contaminated sites
An overview of the most common land management regimes that govern development and environmental management on Aboriginal lands in B.C.
Continue readingThe duty to consult in the administrative law context: When it arises, and where it is enforced
The jurisprudential life of the Crown’s duty to consult with aboriginal people in the interim of the final determination of aboriginal claims is almost a decade long. Since the Supreme Court of Canada’s confirmation of the duty in 2004, First Nations have spent a lot of litigation time and effort trying to determine just how, when, and where they can enforce this duty.
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