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2010 Compensation Settlement Information
Official Apology To Residential School Survivors By the Government Of Canada - June 11th 2008
Please complete the short form below for compensation forms to be sent to you immediately by mail
Merchant Law Group is very proud of our work on behalf of First Nations People and our law firm's long history of working for Aboriginal Canadians. Our firm represented half of all individuals in Canada pursuing lawsuits against the Federal Government for Residential School compensation.
In 2005, Merchant Law Group was pleased to announce a successful Judgment from the Supreme Court of Canada on behalf of our client (H.L.), who successfully sued the Federal Government for abuse he suffered while attending Residential School as a child. The Supreme Court largely upheld a Trial award in Mr. L.’s favour of more than $300,000.00 for the abuse he suffered while at Residential School and its impact on his life. The damages awarded to Mr. L. are the highest court awarded compensation to a Residential School survivor in Canadian history. The landmark decision of H.L. is a triumph for Aboriginal Rights in Canada.
Our firm and other groups then reached a National Settlement with the Government of then Prime Minister Paul Martin in November, 2005, which provides $1.9 Billion in compensation for Common Experience Payments, and we estimate an extra $3 Billion in additional IAP compensation to Survivors who suffered sexual and serious physical abuse (which will be paid out over the next several years based on individual assessments).
Under the Settlement, Residential School Survivors can now apply for two types of compensation:
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the "Common Experience Payment" using this form (CEP Application Form - PDF Download), and
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IAP compensation or the "Independent Assessment Process" for additional compensation for Survivors who suffered any type of sexual abuse or serious physically abuse at Residential Schools. Please feel free to contact our firm, by completing the form below or by telephone at 1 888 567 7777, if you want more information by mail about the IAP process.
Survivors are entitled to apply for both types of compensation under the Settlement. This Settlement is the result of more than a decade of work by Aboriginal Leaders and law firms led by Merchant Law Group fighting for compensation for Residential School Survivors.
Our firm has offices across Canada, and over half of our firm's lawyers are working on Residential School cases and are available to new clients. Mr. L.’s claim is the first Residential School lawsuit in Canada to be decided by the Supreme Court of Canada. To see a copy of the Supreme Court’s decision, please click here: H.L. v Canada (Attorney General)
NEED MORE INFORMATION ON PURSUING AN IAP CLAIM FOR COMPENSATION?
To pursue a claim for your own individual experiences or simply for more information, please complete the form below and a member of firm will contact you, or FEEL FREE TO CALL OUR FIRM TOLL FREE AT 1 888 567 7777 TO SPEAK TO A LAWYER ABOUT YOUR POTENTIAL CLAIM. You may also visit our website http://www.merchantlaw.com.
Merchant Law Group is pursuing thousands of claims on behalf of individual survivors for physical or sexual abuse at Residential Schools, as well as a number of class actions. Our firm serves clients from 12 offices across Canada, and over half of our firm's lawyers are working on Residential School cases and are available to serve new clients.
News Link:Residential Schools class action launched - CBC News
POUR LE SERVICE EN FRANCAIS, S.V.P. CONTACT NOTRE BUREAU: MONTREAL@MERCHANTLAW.COM.
IF YOU NEED HELP WITH YOUR COMMON EXPERIENCE OR IAP CLAIM (OR FOR OTHER INFORMATION), PLEASE COMPLETE THE BELOW FORM OR CALL OUR FIRM AT 1 888 567 7777.(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.)
*** Please note, there is a small possibility that some people may experience difficulty using the above form. If that occurs, please simply e-mail your contact information to emerchant@merchantlaw.com to pursue a compensation claim, and we will contact you by mail.
Merchant Law Group LLP has 12 offices across Canada, with lawyers practising law in six Canadian provinces and an American state.
Tony Merchant, Q.C., and our firm is well known for their involvement in Mass & Class Action cases in Canada, including class proceedings regarding Complete Contact Lens Solution, Silicon Breast Implant, Winners/HomeSense, HSBC Mutual Funds, Various Cellular Phone Fees, Molson-Coors Merger, Conrad Black/Hollinger, GM Gasket Manifolds, Lead Paint in Toys (and similar consumer products), Menu Foods, Paxil, Vioxx, Agent Orange, Métis Veteran Benefits, Cryptosporidium Water, Sony, Residential School litigation, CPR Anhydrous Ammonia, and cases regarding ISM Information Security, Tundra noxious gas emissions, Zonolite, Canadian Wheat Board Pool transfers, 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 of pursuing public policy cases and was an elected Member of the Legislative Assembly (M.L.A.).
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