Retired Salmon Arm lawyer banned for 10 years

12-Nov-2026

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A former Salmon Arm, B.C., lawyer has been disbarred for 10 years after admitting to sexually harassing a client he was assigned to help through Legal Aid B.C.

Ian Frank McTavish has agreed not to practise law anywhere in Canada for a decade as part of an undertaking with the Law Society of B.C. (LSBC).

McTavish, who was 79 at the time of the decision in August, retired from his practice in 2024, according to the undertaking.