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The flat owners said they had no privacy when their blinds were open
The owners of four luxury flats overlooked by the Tate Modern in London have won a privacy bid over the use of the gallery's viewing platform.
The Neo Bankside residents took legal action over the "hundreds of thousands of visitors" looking into their homes.
In February 2020, the Court of Appeal dismissed their claim, saying they should "lower their solar blinds".
But the Supreme Court overturned the decision on Wednesday following a hearing in December 2021.
The five residents had applied for an injunction requiring the gallery to prevent members of the public observing their flats by "cordoning off" parts of the platform or "erecting screening", to stop what they claimed was a "relentless" invasion of their privacy.
They lost their case at the High Court and Court of Appeal so took their case to the UK's highest court.
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