Glossary - Abuse and Family Violence

In Abuse and Family Violence, Child abuse and neglect, Family Law

Independent legal advice (ILA) is when you get your own legal advice from a lawyer. The advice is independent because your lawyer is only working for you. A different lawyer works for the other parent or any other party.

In Abuse and Family Violence, Criminal Law

An intimate image or video is one that was taken in circumstances that give rise to a reasonable expectation of privacy, and shows the person:

• naked,
• exposing their genital region, buttocks, or breasts, or
• engaged in explicit sexual activity.

It is a criminal offence to publish, distribute, share, or sell intimate images of someone without their consent. In order to be found guilty of this offence, the person in the image must continue to have a reasonable expectation of privacy at the time you commit the offence.