Indian Status Class Action
Merchant Law Group LLP has launched nation-wide class proceedings litigation in the Federal Court of Canada on behalf of First Nations persons who since 1985 have suffered discrimination under the Indian Act and not been properly recognized as having Indian status. This litigation seeks financial compensation and other benefits for the above First Nations persons.
January 12th 2011 - Press Release
If you or a member of your family is a person who may be entitled to Indian status under Bill C-3 or the decedent of a person of a status Indian, please provide your contact information and details to our law firm using the below form. Please note, filling out the form below creates no financial or legal obligation for you.
Merchant Law Group LLP has 12 offices across Canada, with lawyers practising law in six provinces and an American state. Merchant Law Group and Tony Merchant Q.C. are well known for pursuing class action lawsuits in Canada including litigation regarding Complete Contact Lens Solution,Winners/HomeSense, Various Cellular Phone Fees, BCE Dividends, GM Gasket Manifolds, Hip Implants, Lead Paint in Toys (and similar consumer products), Maple Leaf, Celebrex/Bextra, Vioxx, Sony, Residential Schools, Zonolite and various other cases. Tony Merchant is known to be one of Canada's most active litigators with more than 600 reported cases in leading Caselaw Journals, having argued thousands of cases before the Canadian and American Courts, in Trial and Administrative Courts, and the Courts of Appeal of various American and Canadian jurisdictions, the Federal Court of Canada, and the Supreme Court of Canada. Tony Merchant, Q.C., has a long history in pursuing public policy cases and is a former Member of the Legislative Assembly (M.L.A.)
IF YOU WISH TO JOIN THE CLASS ACTION OR TO SIMPLY GET MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE COMPLETE THE FORM BELOW.(Please note, providing your information creates no financial obligation for you. You are not charged any fee or cost for joining this class action - we are simply paid a contingency fee from the compensation recovered, if successful.)
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