Covers a wide range of behaviour of an offensive nature. It is commonly understood to be behaviour intended to disturb, threaten or upset, and it is characteristically repetitive.

The taking of another person’s property without that person’s permission or consent, with the intent to deprive the rightful owner of it permanently.

A formal account of events given by a witness to the police or in a court of law, tribunal or other forum.

Evidence given by a witness who relates not what he knows personally but what others have told him, or what he has heard said by others.

Any matter of fact that a party to a claim or action offers to provide to prove or disprove an issue in the case. The strongest type of evidence is that which provides direct proof of the truth of an assertion. At the other extreme is evidence that is merely consistent with an assertion but does not rule out other, contradictory assertions, and may be viewed as circumstantial evidence.

Latin for ‘public good’. Used to describe professional work undertaken voluntarily and without payment or at a reduced fee as a public service. It is service that uses the skills of professionals to provide services to those who are unable to afford them.