NSW Personal Injury - Can I Sue for Mental Stress and Depression?

Hi guys ,

In last few years, my partner and I had to face a lot of issues because of unwanted involvement of a 3rd person. That person has always been friendly with us but in last 2-3 years' time, he became too much involved in our personal family matters. He spied on my wife, her phone and tried his best to convince me that she has something with another guy.

Because I knew him, I never thought he would making these things up. I tolerated all this, thinking he may have noticed something that was bothering him and I just let him continue (my mistake), thinking one day he would stop on his own, Maybe he misunderstood something and I thought he is concerned about me and family.

But that guy continued his mind games with me, eventually leading to me and wife fighting all the time. Then after 2-3 years, I banned him. Now he is not allowed into my house / family, etc., but my wife still thinks what he did was harmless and she still talks to him on and off.

Now everything he did, including spying on my wife, her phone, telling me things about her that never happened, telling things to my wife that led me into a deep depression last year, I was unable to stop my brain from thinking about what he did and why he did it (btw, he never answered why he did).

Finally, I thought I needed help and went to my GP. He put me on anti depressants ASAP ( I have been on them for 6 months now), I also met a psychiatrist a few times last year. After 2 months of gap, I am again feeling very depressed as I just cannot stop myself from thinking of the things he said, did and why he did them.

I am wondering is there any legal help can I get such as Personal Injury. Can I actually sue him for mental stress issues, etc? What legal framework talks about this issue?

PS: I am originally from Melbourne but working in Sydney at the moment, since New Year.

Thanks!

 

Thanks, Sophea, got the point.

What about phone spying? I can prove that he did spy on wife's phone?

 

I found a spy app in her phone. When I approached the spy app company, they confirmed that her phone number was tracked via their app.

 

Thanks Sophea, will do very soon. Shall I be doing this in NSW ( as I am here now) or back in Melbourne (where my family still resides and where the incident happened)?

 

Also , just realised that that guy turned out to one step ahead of me. He has already logged a complaint against me that I did some hacking related things to his computer & used his identity to call his ISP and got him disconnected, which obviously is not true at all, I feel like thrashing him.

Got a call from local Melbourne coppers telling all this as a courtesy this arvo. I fear he might have hacked into my PC as well, used my IP to do these and other things that he is blaming on me.

PS: This happened to me earlier as well when back in Sept somebody remotely hacked my and bought computers and iPad in London, Paypal after investigating for 3-4 weeks refunded all my money and accepted this happened.

Any suggestions on how to tackle this new development will be most appreciated.

Thanks!

 

Coming back after months, but would like to get a clear idea where and how I should lodge this phone spying complaint. Shall I do it at my local NSW police station or shall I do it in VIC, where that guy lives or do I need a lawyer for this?

Also this incident is now around 2 years old. Can I still lodge a complaint?

Thanks