A company that says it is the biggest private landowner in the Cowichan Tribes' Aboriginal title area in Richmond, B.C., says it will ask the British Columbia Supreme Court to take the rare step of reopening the landmark case.

Montrose Properties says it should be party to the litigation that resulted in a judgment that critics say casts doubt over private land ownership in the title area and beyond.

Montrose says it owns about 120 hectares of land in the 300-hectare title area next to the Fraser River and it intends to file an application with the court in coming days.

Ken Low, president of Montrose, says the firm is surprised by the impact of the court case that it was not even a party to, and has no choice but to seek reopening of the case.

In August, the court ruled the Cowichan Tr

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