James C. Kent (born 1941) is a Canadian judge and former Brantford City Councillor.
He was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1969 and was a defence counsel before his appointment as a judge.
[4] Kent imposed a record fine of $646,000 on a Hamilton man convicted of smuggling cigarettes in 1997.
[6] The government initially indicated that it wanted to appeal the decision, but it later provided the requested answers.
Kent presided over a case involving striking workers at Engineered Coated Products in Brantford in 2010.