The High Court Overturned the Tate Modern Viewing Gallery

Nuisance laws don't specifically account for visual intrusion, and this was a key question. Did the residents of the neo-bankside development have a reasonable expectation of privacy? Should they have known when they purchased a flat with glass windows across the road from a public building that they would be relinquishing some of their privacy? When the case went to the High Court, one of the judges did have sympathy for the residents. Ultimately though, the High Court concluded that it was also reasonable for the Tate Modern to open a viewing gallery for its visitors. It would be unfair to deprive half a million people of a unique view of London.