By Lisa Iesse Writer BRANTFORD – Brantford’s courts are enacting a scheduling directive to get the ball rolling on a backlog of cases, but some Indigenous advocates worry how this will affect the community. The province-wide “Jordan Compliant” scheduling directive came into effect in the Brantford courts on Nov. 20th. Justice Gethin Edward, heard cases in what has become the “Jordan Court” at the Ontario Court of Justice (OCJ) at 44 Queen Street in Brantford He told Turtle Island News he thinks the Jordan scheduling directive should help the accused as well as complainants to have their legal matters addressed more quickly. “An accused is entitled to have his or her issue resolved as quickly as possible. It does no one any good that cases drag on,” he said. Justice…
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