Westaway Law Group is proud to represent our First Nation, Métis and Inuit clients as Appellants, Respondents and Interveners before the Supreme Court of Canada. Located just minutes from the Supreme Court, we are also poised to act as Ottawa Agents for the service and filing of documents as required by the Court. Representation [...]
RESOLVING LEGAL DISPUTES: ALTERNATIVES TO LITIGATION All legal issues are essentially a dispute: two (or more) parties cannot agree on the interpretation or enforcement of their legal obligations. While the resolution of legal disputes is often conflated with the adversarial court system, in fact there exist a wide range of “alternatives” to litigation. The [...]
Finance Minister Bill Morneau met with the Economic Club of Canada to review the Government of Canada’s new Budget 2018 “Equality + Growth: A Strong Middle Class”. Similar to Finance Canada’s previous estimates, the Federal Government will be running a deficit. (Please see: http://nationalpost.com/news/politics/read-the-full-text-of-the-2018-federal-budget to read Minister Morneau’s full speech.) Canada indicates that the Budget [...]
R v Reynolds, 2017 NBCA 36 Subject : Fish and wildlife offences- illegal sale of moose Facts: The Aboriginal defendant killed a moose and traded its meat to K for a car. K, a non-Aboriginal person, was charged with unlawfully possessing and trading moose meat under Fish and Wildlife Act. The Defendant was charged as an [...]
No Injunction to Protect Treaty Rights in B.C. PDF Download Word Download In this case, the Supreme Court of British Columbia dismissed the application of Blueberry River First Nation for an interlocutory injunction. The First Nation asked that the Province stop all further permitting of industrial development in segments of its traditional [...]
