NEIGHBOURS ACCUSE MUSEUM OF INVADING PRIVACY

Residents of London’s Neo Bankside apartment complex enjoy spectacular views over the British capital. But some are unhappy at being on display themselves.

Owners of four apartments have gone to court, saying that a viewing platform at the Tate Modern art gallery next door violates their right to privacy by letting hundreds of thousands of tourists a year peer into their homes.

They want to force the gallery to close off part of the 10th-floor terrace, which opened in 2016 and offers 360-degree views over London.

A lawyer for the homeowners told a judge at London’s High Court on Friday that the platform, used by up to one million people a year, constitutes a “relentless” invasion of the residents’ privacy.

Attorney Tom Weekes said visitors “subject the flats to an unusually intense visual scrutiny,” with some using binoculars and zoom lenses to get a better look. He said one of the claimants counted 84 people photographing his building over a 90-minute period

The gallery’s board of trustees argues that the simple solution is for the residents to draw their blinds, “and, as necessary, to put up curtains.”

The case is due to continue Monday.