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Author: Willow Fiddler
Publication Date: November 5, 2025 - 04:25
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Legal team behind $10-billion First Nations settlement seeks appeal after court cuts fees
November 5, 2025
A legal team that earned just over half a billion dollars for 17 years of work winning a landmark settlement for a group of Ontario First Nations says it is considering an appeal of a court judgment that slashed their fees to $40-million.
Brian Gover, a lawyer for the legal team that negotiated the $10-billion settlement for Indigenous groups covered by the Robinson-Huron Treaty, said the ruling by Ontario Superior Court Justice Fred Myers is patronizing and ignores the careful negotiations that went into it.
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