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Kerry Kaukinen, Associate | Environmental

Kerry Kaukinen

Associate Fasken
In the ever-changing global economy, being creative and adaptable is what is needed when advising clients.
Jurisdiction Yukon, 2024 | British Columbia, 2015
Language(s) English
Office(s) Vancouver
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Overview

Kerry Kaukinen is a member of the Indigenous Legal Matters and Environmental groups in Vancouver. Her practice focuses on environmental litigation, administrative law and regulatory compliance. She has appeared before several levels of court in British Columbia, the Yukon Territorial Court, the Federal Court of Appeal and administrative tribunals.

Kerry works with clients to effectively navigate the sensitivities and processes involved in permitting, environmental assessment, and Indigenous consultation. She represents clients on judicial review matters, injunctions and other disputes often involving Aboriginal and Environmental law elements.

Kerry advises clients under investigation for regulatory and environmental offences and has defended clients in regulatory prosecutions and contested sentencing hearings.

Client Work

  • Site C Litigation, [Case - BC Hydro and Power Authority], Advised BC Hydro & Power Authority on a number of challenges to Site C project approvals.
  • Defence of unprecedented federal environmental prosecution for Teck Coal, [Case - Teck Coal Limited], The Federal Crown approved charges under the Fisheries Act, alleging that Teck Coal had deposited or permitted the deposit of a deleterious substance, coal mine waste rock leachate, from two of its mines over a ten year period.
  • Husby forest Products in injunction to restrain the defendants from blockading an arterial forestry services road, [Case - Husby], Successfully acted for Husby in obtaining an injunction to restrain the defendants from blockading an arterial forestry services road that was the main access point used by Husby at its Collison Point Operation in Haida Gwaii.  The Council of the Haida Nation sought and was granted intervener sta...
  • Vancouver International Airport and Musqueam Indian Band sign momentous agreement for shared benefit, [Case - Vancouver Airport Authority], Advised Vancouver Airport Authority regarding the negotiation and completion of landmark long-term relationship agreement with Musqueam Indian Band for shared benefit. Fasken Martineau was counsel to the Vancouver Airport Authority with a team that included Amy Carruthers, Kerry Kaukinen and Chuc...
  • Ongoing litigation-related matters for Mount Polley Mining Corporation and Imperial Metals Corporation, [Case - Imperial Metals Corporation and Mount Polley Mining Corporation], We represent Mount Polley Mining Corporation and Imperial Metals Corporation in multiple litigation-related files relating to the tailings dam for the Mount Polley mine, which collapsed in August 2014.
  • Site C Project Regulatory Advice, [Case - BC Hydro and Power Authority], Advised BC Hydro & Power Authority with various regulatory advice on the Site C project.
  • Mining company is granted injunction for prevention of blockades by protestors, [Case - Ontario Pension Board], A Mining company successfully applied for an interim and interlocutory injunction to enjoin blockades that prevented access to a mine site. The blockades had been formed by a group composed of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal protestors who wanted to stop construction of the mine. The injunction all...

Career & Education

Education

  • JD Dalhousie University
  • BA (with Distinction), Political Science Concordia University

Memberships & Affiliations

  • Vancouver Bar Association
  • The Law Society of British Columbia
  • The Canadian Bar Association

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