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"It would be regrettable if a court had come to the conclusion that in a situation where the need for intervention of the court had been established that intervention was prevented by rules as to standing." (Woolf LJ in R v A-G ex p ICI 1985)
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* "It would be regrettable if a court had come to the conclusion that in a situation where the need for intervention of the court had been established that intervention was prevented by rules as to standing." (Woolf LJ in R v A-G ex p ICI 1985) Are the courts so prevented? Should they be? An inherent difficulty appears in the law's attempts to provide a division between those who deserve to have standing for judicial review of an administrative decision and those who act merely as "busy bodies." Justification is necessary as to why some individuals and groups' applications are deemed acceptable whilst others are not. These decisions are naturally driven by the limitations on the resources of the judiciary, the available time and money should be used as efficiently as possible. Yet, as society broadens its outlook and becomes more cosmopolitan and pluralist, those who wish to...
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