Aboriginal property issues can impact real estate transactions in many different ways. If off-reserve treaty issues were to arise unexpectedly in your next deal, are you confident you would be able to advise your client adequately? Similarly, would you be comfortable dealing with a simple on-reserve land transaction? If not, this is an important program for you.

Aboriginal land title differs significantly from the familiar confines of fee simple tenure in the Lands Title and Registry regimes. On-reserve conveyancing and financing present an entirely novel vocabulary and statutory framework to the uninitiated. Likewise, Aboriginal legal and treaty rights may have impact off-reserce land, and virtually no title insurer will address them - so will your due diligence be up to scratch to protect your client's interests when risk factors are present?

If you are a real estate practitioner, ensure you have a broad, practical understanding of common and not-so-common, on-reserve and off-reserve Aboriginal land issues so that you can protect your clients' interests.

Sponsored by:

 PROGRAM CHAIRS

Ian Speers, Barrister and Solicitor
David G. Leitch, Barrister and Solicitor

SPEAKERS

Julie Abouchar, Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP
Tracey Braithwaite, Senior Counsel, Aboriginal Law Division, Department of Justice Canada
Doug Downey, Lewis Downey Tornosky Lassaline & Timpano Professional Corporation