Negotiating privacy in the ‘vertical city’: Regulating the gentrification of the skies

TY - CHAP

T1 - Negotiating privacy in the ‘vertical city’

T2 - Regulating the gentrification of the skies

AU - Hubbard, Phil

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © Robyn Bartel and Jennifer Carter 2021.

PY - 2021/1/1

Y1 - 2021/1/1

N2 - The increasing verticalization of cities around the world poses important questions about the regulation of housing through the law. Noting concerns about decreasing space requirements, lack of privacy and possible environmental nuisance, this chapter explores a recent case in London - Fearn v Tate (2019) [EWHC 246] - where the law has been called upon to adjudicate between different claims to privacy and visibility in the vertical city. It suggests that in this case the law has not simply aligned with the wealthy, suggesting that there may be legal limits to the privacy sought by the super-rich occupants of the high-rise city which will ultimately halt the ‘gentrification of the skies’.

AB - The increasing verticalization of cities around the world poses important questions about the regulation of housing through the law. Noting concerns about decreasing space requirements, lack of privacy and possible environmental nuisance, this chapter explores a recent case in London - Fearn v Tate (2019) [EWHC 246] - where the law has been called upon to adjudicate between different claims to privacy and visibility in the vertical city. It suggests that in this case the law has not simply aligned with the wealthy, suggesting that there may be legal limits to the privacy sought by the super-rich occupants of the high-rise city which will ultimately halt the ‘gentrification of the skies’.

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M3 - Chapter

AN - SCOPUS:85129450582

SN - 9781788977197

SP - 207

EP - 216

BT - Handbook on Space, Place and Law

PB - Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd

ER -