Locus Standi (92)
HELD:
"The term locus standi denotes the legal capacity to institute proceedings in a Court of law.
HELD:
"Now, the issue of locus standi would seem to be different from whether a plaintiff has a reasonable cause of action.
HELD:
"Now, Locus standi is latin for "place of standing", and it simply means - "the right to bring an action or to be heard in a given forum" - Black's Law Dictionary, 9th Ed.
HELD:
"Locus standi, it is also the law, is determined on the plaintiff's writ of summons and statement of claim alone and not the statement of defence:
HELD:
"Now, generally, locus standi is an equitable plea and therefore, must be pleaded and raised in the pleadings of the Defendant before it could be countenanced and determined either in limine as a preliminary issue or along with the substantive trial.
HELD:
"Now, the term locus standi, though expressed in Latin, simply refers to the legal capacity of a party to institute proceedings in a Court of law.
HELD:
"Locus standi is a legal terminology that explains the legal capacity and interest of a plaintiff in the action he brings to Court.
HELD:
"Issue of locus standi in Court, actually, touches on the jurisdiction of the Court, if the Court considering the issue comes to the conclusion that the litigant lacked locus standi to bring the action, and so the Court would have no jurisdiction to entertain the suit.
HELD:
"I shall reproduce the holding of the lower Court which was to the effect that appellant had no locus standi to sue for the clarifying effect of a wrong approach taken by a Court which eventuated an erroneous outcome.