Wahab Shittu (SAN) writes on conditions under which a plaintiff will stand to present a case and receive decision on merit It is imperative to possess legal capacity to institute or commence an action ...

Locus Standi refers to the legal capacity of a person to institute an action in a court of law. It is a preliminary issue and is distinct from the merits of the case. The rules on locus standi are the ...

PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court has reviewed the test for locus standi, ruling that a person needs at least a genuine interest in an issue but not longer needs to prove to have his rights affected by it.

KUALA LUMPUR: The plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging the legality of vernacular schools do not have any locus standi to commence the action, the High Court here was told on Tuesday (Nov 23). The suit ...

In my article published last week, I wrote about special pleas in legal proceedings. I explained that a special plea is defined as an objection on the basis of certain facts which do not appear in the ...

The written decision of Chief Justice (ag) Roxane George-Wiltshire on the interpretation of Article 161 (2) of the Constitution of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana was recently handed down. I ...

IN this article, which forms part of a series of articles on the law on family trusts in Zimbabwe, we are discussing the right, ability and capacity of a trust to bring and or defend any court ...

The Supreme Court denied Sandip Ghosh's request to intervene in Calcutta High Court proceedings concerning an alleged biomedical waste disposal scam at RG Kar Medical College. The HC had ordered a CBI ...

India rejected a US religious freedom report, saying it sees no locus standi for a foreign government to pronounce on the state of its citizens' constitutionally protected rights. In its International ...