September 7, 2011



Murray Braithwaite is principally engaged in complex corporate, commercial and securities litigation. Vaso Maric has a practice focusing on providing advanced legal research and analysis for complex litigation and commercial matters.

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The Ontario Superior Court of Justice decision, which will likely be appealed, raises questions about the relevance to other treaty lands, such as "resource rich lands" in northern Ontario and northern British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and part of Northwest Territories, Fasken Martineau lawyers Vaso Maric and Murray Braithwaite recently wrote in a bulletin.

The ruling may encourage other aboriginal groups to launch their own claims, increasing the chances for "expensive litigation, uncertainty as to potential liability, and uncertainty as to status going forward", they added.