His Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has confirmed that camera glasses are banned from its sites across England and Wales.
The glasses, which are often marketed as Meta or AI glasses, have a lens and microphone concealed within the frames that allows them to be used for covert video and audio recording.
Just last week pub chain Wetherspoon announced that it was also taking similar steps to ban "creepy spy glasses" from its premises, after escalating concerns they could be used for the covert surveillance of staff and customers.
Recent years have heralded a new genre of social media channels featuring covert camera glasses footage. Many of these channels have been slammed as exploitative, with those filmed oblivious to the fact and often vulnerable.
It is an offence to record inside court buildings without official permission.
An HMCTS source told the Guardian: "Users who bring Meta glasses into courts or tribunals will have them confiscated on entry and they will be returned when the owner leaves the building."
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