People in glass houses shouldn’t throw… off their clothes?
Residents of glass-walled flats overlooked by the Tate Modern’s viewing platform have lost a legal battle to protect their privacy.
The Court of Appeal said yesterday that residents of Neo Bankside on the South Bank had no right to not be overlooked – even if that means by 600,000 people each year from a viewing platform.
The five residents had wanted to force Tate to close part of its 360-degree viewing platform, which opened in June 2016 as part of the £260m Blavatnik Building extension.
The “right to peep” ruling will forestall any other privacy claims from neighbours unhappy about people overlooking their property, although it will not affect objections to planning applications.
