57. Sufficient interest to apply for permission.

Claimants must show that they have a sufficient interest (also referred to as standing, or locus standi) in the matter to which the application relates, in order to bring proceedings for judicial review1. The issue goes to jurisdiction which cannot be conferred by consent2. The question of sufficient interest may arise at two stages.

At the permission stage it is only in obvious cases that the court may decide that the claimant lacks sufficient interest3. A person