Fearn v Tate Gallery UKSC 4 is a judgment of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom on the tort of private nuisance.
Facts Fearn v Tate Gallery concerned a nuisance claim arising from the defendant's operation of a public viewing gallery, which allowed large numbers of visitors to look directly into the claimants' neighbouring flats.
Judgment Lord Leggatt delivered the majority judgment.
The Supreme Court held that visual intrusion can in principle amount to a nuisance, and on the facts, a narrow 3:2 majority found that the Tate Modern was liable for the operation of a viewing gallery from which the public could see straight into the claimants' luxury flats.
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