James Hickling
James advises clients on questions involving aboriginal and treaty rights, natural resources and environmental law, the development of reserve lands, and corporate and band governance issues. He has also helped clients solve problems concerning employment law, administrative law, property law, criminal law, libel and slander, personal injury, and freedom of information. James' current practice spans the areas of aboriginal and treaty rights, consultation and accommodation, economic development and benefit agreements, specific claims, corporate and Band governance, employment and administrative law, litigation and negotiation.
James received his law degrees from the University of British Columbia and Oxford University. He also served as a law clerk to The Honourable Mr. Justice Frank Iacobucci at the Supreme Court of Canada, before being called to the Bar in British Columbia in 2002.
James also holds a M.Sc. degree. He spent five years travelling around British Columbia, working as a scientific consultant to the B.C. Ministry of Forests, before becoming a lawyer. He provides pro bono legal advice to charities and community groups, and spends all of his spare time exploring the great outdoors with his wife and two sons.
james_hickling@aboriginal-law.com
James' assistant is Rowena Pangilinan: rowena_pangilinan@aboriginal-law.com
