Civil Litigation

A class action could bring some measure of justice to victims of a residential day school, says Alberta Indigenous rights litigator  Leighton Grey. Grey, senior partner with Grey Wowk Spencer LLP, tells the news website Lakeland Connect he wants to ensure that former students of the Kehewin school, which was run by the federal government in partnership with the […]

Alberta Indigenous rights litigator Leighton Grey has filed an application to certify a class-action lawsuit on behalf of Indigenous day students who claim to have suffered negligence and abuse at a denominational day school five decades ago. Several former elementary and middle-school students report having permanent scars, hearing loss and other physical injuries from being abused, says

Alberta Indigenous rights litigator Leighton Grey is spreading the word across Alberta about new residential school and “Indian Hospital” claims against the Canadian government. Grey, a senior partner with Grey Wowk Spencer LLP, recently took part in information sessions for members of the Saddle Lake Band and Enoch First Nation, explaining a recently filed proposed class action alleging

The “Indian Hospital” class action shares many of its roots with the more widely known Residential Schools claim, Alberta Indigenous rights litigator Leighton Grey says. Grey, a senior partner withGrey Wowk Spencer LLP, says the horrifying stories from Indigenous victims of the hospitals were well known during negotiations that ultimately led to the landmark Indian

Intervention by the nation’s top judge in the debate over rates of Aborginal incarceration is welcome news to Alberta Indigenous rights litigator Leighton Grey. The Canadian Press reports Indigenous people accounted for almost one-quarter of those in the entire federal jail system, while proportionally fewer Indigenous offenders have been granted gradual release from custody than the general population. Supreme

Alberta Indigenous rights litigator Leighton Grey’s wide-ranging practice provides him with an extremely varied client base. Grey, a senior partner with Grey Wowk Spencer LLP, acts for people with problems in the areas of criminal law, child welfare proceedings, personal injury and other forms of civil litigation. But he says they all have at least one thing in common.

Alberta Indigenous rights litigator Leighton Grey and Lawren Wowk are pleased to welcome Hart Spencer into the firm’s new partnership of  Grey Wowk Spencer LLP. Spencer joined the firm in 2010 as an articling student, following the completion of his law degree at the University of Saskatchewan, says Grey, a senior partner with the firm. “I had the