Author Archives: David Leitch

About David Leitch

David Leitch was called to the Ontario Bar in 1978 and completed an LL.M.in constitutional law at Osgoode Hall Law School in 2000. He was a Residential School Adjudicator from 2007 to 2010. Since 2008, he has acted for several northwestern Ontario First Nations in relation to their specific claims for timber trespass and unlawful flooding. In 2016-17, he was counsel for the Lac Seul First Nation at the Southwind trial and acted for intervenors at the Supreme Court of Canada in that case and the Grassy Narrows case.

A Misstep on the Road to Reconciliation

By: David Leitch Matter commented on: R c Montour, 2023 QCCS 4154 (CanLII) PDF Version: A Misstep on the Road to Reconciliation Critics of the Supreme Court of Canada’s definition of aboriginal rights in R v Van der Peet, 1996 … Continue reading

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