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- Aboriginal and treaty rights
- Treaty negotiation
- Resource consultation
with the Crown
- Self-governance
- Specific claims
- Labour and employment
- Economic development
- Taxation
- Residential school claims
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556 Herald Street
Victoria, BC, V8W 1S6
Telephone: 250.361.9469
Facsimile: 250.361.9429
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Devlin Gailus focuses exclusively on aboriginal clients in the exciting field of aboriginal law. Christopher Devlin, John Gailus, Mitchell Couling, Carly Chunick and Tim Thielmann (articled student) provide legal services to First Nations in the areas of aboriginal and treaty rights, treaty negotiation, resource consultation with the Crown, self-governance, specific claims, labour and employment, economic development and taxation for First Nations in British Columbia and Alberta.
Devlin Gailus is a registered partnership between two law corporations, Christopher Devlin Law Corporation and John Gailus Law Corporation.
 
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IMPORTANT NEWS – The BC Court of Appeal has struck down sections 6(1)(a) and 6(1)(c) of the Indian Act violating the equality guarantee of section 15 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms: McIvor v. Canada, 2009 BCCA 153. Those sections are the key provisions respecting entitlement to registration as an Indian i.e. Indian status. However, the Court of Appeal suspended the judgment for 12 months to give Parliament time to enact legislative change. Christopher Devlin and Carly Chunick represented the intervener West Moberly First Nations at the appeal. For more information, see our McIvor v. Canada webpage under the litigation link.
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