... could be recognisable in the past, which suggests that there are also numerous different views on certain contentious topics and that a number of different interests may be affected by a decision taken on a particular issue. As the number of applications for judicial review grows the requirement of standing becomes evermore important to constrain whimsical or vexatious complaints. How standing should be defined and thus what rules govern it is imperative to ensure that the executive is kept in check, but at the same time the courts are not inundated by claims from individuals who may not have been personally affected by the agency's action. The obvious effect of locus standi rules in any legal system is according to Schieman "to exclude some people from obtaining the assistance of the courts in declaring and enforcing the law in circumstances where others could obtain that assistance." Standing thus has ...

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