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'Violation of privacy has not so far, at least under that name, received explicitly recognition as a tort by the British courts...our courts have been content to grope forward cautiously along the grooves of established legal concepts like nuisance and libel, rather than make a bold commitment to an entirely new head of liability.' Prof J.G. Fleming, The Law of torts, 9th edn., LBC, 1998 Discuss and evaluate the ways in which courts have to date, endeavoured to afford a remedy to individuals whose privacy has been invaded and consider whether a tort of invasion of privacy might be developing in Australia. Australian courts have generally been hesitant to develop a tort of privacy comparable to that which exists in other common law jurisdictions such as New Zealand and the United States. The courts have often suggested that if there were circumstances in which the argument could reasonably be raised there...

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