Litigation
Mandell Pinder LLP works to advance aboriginal and treaty rights through the courts. Our work includes:
- complex claims to land and natural resources (against both
Crowns and third parties), involving declarations of aboriginal title and
rights and declarations for compensation
- treaty rights and entitlement issues
- lawsuits dealing with the expropriation of reserve lands
- cases against the Crown relating to breach of trust or
fiduciary obligations in the mismanagement of First Nations' lands and
resources
- aboriginal title and rights cases at all court levels,
including appeals in B.C., Alberta and Ontario, and at the Supreme Court of
Canada
- environmental protection
- regulatory interventions and appeals before administrative
tribunals, including National Energy Board, B.C. Environmental Appeal Board
- cases defending and advancing First Nations' jurisdiction
- judicial review of government decisions that are inconsistent with constitutional obligations to consult and accommodate