 The mechanism is designed to represent the interests of groups which would otherwise have gone unrepresented, such as students with a complaint against their university.In recent years the use of independent adjudicators in UK TV game shows has been increasingly popular.The phrase was first used on a regular basis by Noel Edmonds in the Endemol show "Deal or No Deal" in which the independent adjudicator is 'the only person who knows where the money is'.