Garden River and Batchewana seek legal advice on returned lawyer fees

AI Briefing

• – Garden River and Batchewana First Nations seek legal advice on returned lawyer fees following a court ruling that found a $510M bill for the Robinson Huron Treaty annuities claim to be unreasonable.
• – The communities are among 21 First Nations set to receive millions of dollars as a result of the ruling.
• – The case centered on the payment of annuities to First Nations for the loss of land and rights under the Treaty.