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Newspaper cuttings relating to family law and divorce, 1976-1990.

Material in this file relates to cases of discrimination in various pension schemes towards illegitimate children, single mothers, children of widows/widowers not in the various pension schemes, and others and includes correspondence between Mary Robinson (MR) and Eddie Higgins, Secretary, Federated Workers Union of Ireland (FWUI) relating to dispute taken to Labour Court involving several State bodies, over non-cover of illegitimate children under public service Spouses and Children’s Pension Schemes, 15/05/1981-22/09/1981; letter to MR from multiple signatories, St. Catherines, Girls National School, Cabra, County Dublin, asking her to support to rectify omission of children of single parent teachers from the pension scheme being introduced by the Department of Education, 198[1?]; correspondence between Sylvia Meehan, Employment Equality Agency and the Department of Health relating to lack of survivor's benefits for widowers and children of female members of the Voluntary Hospitals Superannuation Scheme, 16-26/06/1981; booklet of Trinity College Dublin's Pension Scheme, which showed no pension scheme for female staff, 09/07/1981; correspondence with Philomena Curran, Lecturer in Botany, University College Galway, in relation to female staff having to pay into pension scheme but getting no benefits, 22/09-12/10/1981.

Various Acts, Bills and judgements relating to Family Law in Ireland covering the period 1930-1989, arranged across two files .

Various Acts and bills 1930-81 relating to Family Law including Illegitimate Children Act 1930, Legitimacy Act 1931, Criminal Law Amendment Act 1935, Children Act 1941, Married Women's Status Act 1957, Guardianship of Infants Act 1964, Succession Act 1965, Marriages Bill 1972, Illegitimate Children (Maintenance and Succession) Bill 1974, Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Bill 1975, Family Home Protection Act 1976, Maternity Protection of Employees Act 1981, Family Law Act 1981, Family Law (Protection of Spouses and Children) Act 1981, Domicile and Recognition of Foreign Divorces Act 1986, Status of Children Act 1987, Adoption act 1988, Judicial Separation and Family Law Reform Act 1989.

Judgment of Mr Justice Barrington 11/01/1982 in petition to nullify marriage brought by husband against wife RSJ and JSJ; judgment by Chief Justice Finlay, 16/3/1988 re Attorney General at the relation of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children, Ireland ltd & Open Door counselling ltd and the Dublin Wellwoman Centre; judgment by Finlay, 19/12/1989 re The Soc for the Protection of Unborn Children & Stephen Grogan and others.

Correspondence and other material relating to 2 Hare Court, and Mary Robinson (MR)'s work as a member, including that relating to Chambers seminars in 1988 and 1990. Includes draft programmes; handwritten notes; article by Anthony Lester, QC, "Using Community Law in United Kingdom Courts", 17/02/1988, with notation; directory of members of Chambers, listing areas of expertise and years they were called to the bar; cutting of newspaper article by Lester on need for greater use of judicial review, 06/10/1989.

Correspondence and other material relating to 2 Hare Court, and Mary Robinson (MR)'s work as a member, including minutes, accounts, draft constitution and reports; correspondence with Anthony Lester, QC, Martin Smith, Clerk to Chambers and TM Barker, Director and other members of Chambers; correspondence with Forrester, Norall and Sutton, Brussels. Material also relates to Chambers Seminar on Community Law (17/02/1990) and includes list of participants.

[Archivist's Note: Material overlaps with the start of MR's term as President of Ireland (04/12/1990-12/09/1997) and letters from Lester in December 1990 refer to her inauguration and to her no longer working with 2 Hare Court. Also overlaps with Euro Avocats (see P143/1/6)]

Correspondence and other material relating to 2 Hare Court, and Mary Robinson (MR)'s work as a member, including minutes, reports and newsletters. Includes letter from Ann Lane, Personal Assistant to President MR, to John Mottram, Chief Executive, General Counsel of the Bar stating that as President of Ireland, MR was no longer a practicing barrister and it was therefore not appropriate for her to continue to be a member of the Bar during her term of office, 08/03/1991; chapter on Freedom of Expression, by Lester, for book on European Convention of Human Rights, 16/07/1991.

[Archivist's Note: See also Euro Avocats, P143/1/6].

Correspondence, minutes, reports, newsletters and other material relating to 2 Hare Court, and Mary Robinson (MR)'s work as a member, 1993-1999. In a brochure on Two Hare Court Barristers, Temple London, 1992 (cover letter 03/08/1993), MR is listed as an Associate Member.

Correspondence and other material relating to 2 Hare Court, and Mary Robinson (MR)'s work as a member, 2000-2014, including circulars and fixture lists relating to events (2000, 2002, 2014); Bench Lists for 2009 and 2012; magazine The Middle Templar, Issue 51, Winter 2011; correspondence from Ms Hilary Woodard, Editor, Middle Temple Bench Book, 11/08/2014.