Key Cases
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Class Actions
We represent people who have been harmed by corporations or public authorities. As fearless advocates for the underdog, we stand up for those who have been wronged by:
We are committed to securing access to justice for those who may not otherwise have the means to assert their rights.
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Key Cases
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Gitanyow Aboriginal Title Action
Phillips Barristers act as co-counsel for the Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs in Malii v. Canada, a landmark claim seeking judicial recognition of Aboriginal title over approximately 6,200 square kilometres of ancestral, unceded territory in northwestern British Columbia. This territory, known as the Gitanyow Lax’yip, encompasses the mid-Nass River and Kitwanga River watersheds and includes the land, minerals, inland waters, airspace, and all associated natural resources.
Human Rights Action Against Barrick Gold
CFM Lawyers and Phillips Barristers PC are legal counsel for Sophia Matiko John and 42 other Tanzanian plaintiffs in two human rights lawsuits against Barrick Mining Company regarding killings and other abuses at Barrick’s North Mara Mine in a remote region of Tanzania near the Kenyan border. The lawsuits allege that Barrick, in its role as parent company and overseer of operations at North Mara, is responsible at law for instances of torture, beatings, disappearances, and killings allegedly perpetrated by the Tanzanian Police Force (TPF) while operating as a security provider to the mine.