A Brandon lawyer has been barred from contacting female lawyers in Manitoba for any purpose aside from work-related matters. Ryan William Fawcett agreed to an undertaking, which is a formal promise to either do something or refrain from doing something, with the Law Society of Manitoba. The society said Fawcett knew the order, issued last week, would be posted on the law society's website. Fawcett is a practicing lawyer based in Brandon with Legal Aid Manitoba, according to the law society's website. The notice says Fawcett can only communicate with a female member of the society for a non-work-related purpose if he first obtains written permission.

Source: CBC News August 11, 2020 09:56 UTC