Dominique Nouvet

Lawyer

Email: dominique@woodwardandcompany.com

Assistant: Jamie Zyla | jamie@woodwardandcompany.com

Profile

Dominique has specialized in Aboriginal law since 2003. Her principal areas of practice include: consultation and accommodation, Aboriginal rights and title litigation, Indian Act disputes, Supreme Court of Canada interventions and administrative law. This work includes negotiating with all levels of government and industry proponents and drafting consultation protocols, settlement agreements, and accommodation agreements for First Nations, negotiating and drafting treaty language, advising First Nations on the legal implications of proposed or existing legislation, advising First Nations on the development and application of their internal by-laws and policies, drafting First Nation laws, and advocating for provincial and federal law reform.

Dominique received her International Baccalaureate (bilingual) from Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific and obtained a Bachelor of Economics from McGill University. After completing her law degree at the University of Toronto, she clerked with Justice Ian Binnie at the Supreme Court of Canada. Dominique was called to both the British Columbia and Ontario Bars in 2002.

Dominique speaks English, French and Spanish.

Professional Standing:

Member, Law Society of B.C. (2002)
Member, Law Society of Upper Canada (2002)

Awards:

Dean’s Key (June 2000) (Awarded to a graduating student on the basis of academic and extra-curricular performance)
C.C.H. Canadian Ltd. Prize in Tax Policy (June 1999)
1999 Laskin Moot team awards: First Place Factum and First Place Pair
Aird & Berlis Prize (for overall academic performance) and Michael John Eccles
Prize in Criminal Law (June 1998)

Selected Cases, Publications, Papers & Presentations:

Intervention in the Supreme Court of Canada cases of British Columbia (Minister of Forests) v. Okanagan Indian Band, River Tlingit First Nation v. Ringstad et al and Haida and Taku River, R. v. Marshall and R. v. Bernard Mikisew v. Canada; R. v. Morris and Olsen; R. v. Sappier and Bernard; R. v. Kapp
Canadian International Trade Tribunal Safeguard Inquiry into the Importation of Certain Steel Products (Summer 2002)
Sable Offshore Energy Canada Inc. v. Canada (Customs and Revenue Agency) 2003 F.C.J. No. 771
Relentless Energy Corp. v. Davis 2004 BCSC 1492 British Columbia (Attorney General) v. British Columbia (Information and Privacy Commissioner), [2004] B.C.J. No. 2534 (BCSC)
Watts v. Tseshaht First Nation, 2005 FC 721
Gitxsan First Nation v. British Columbia (Minister of Forests), [2005] B.C.J. No. 1531 (BCSC)
Contributor to Native Law (Carswell) Winter 2009 - Drafted new section of textbook on the law of consultation and accommodation (2009 – Release 1)

Other Activities:
Dominique designed and co-taught a course at the University of Victoria Faculty of Law about the limits of the judiciary in recognizing and protecting Aboriginal rights. She is the former Secretary for CBA Aboriginal Law Vancouver Island Section.