Is there any authority in aboriginal rights and title rights that can be relied upon by a collective authority?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Moulton Contracting Ltd. v. Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of British Columbia, 2010 BCSC 506 (CanLII):
Similarly, in Te Kiapilanoq v. British Columbia, 2008 BCSC 54 at para. 25, with reference to a number of authorities, Mr. Justice Parrett concluded that “[t]he collective nature of [Aboriginal rights and title] rights requires an authority from the people who are, in this case, collectively represented by their elected council.”
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