Material in this file relates to a request from Irish Taxi Drivers' Federation to Mary Robinson (MR) via her brother, solicitor Adrian Bourke, for information on the whereabouts of files relating to a case taken by Mr Peter Kelly (since deceased) in 1978, for which MR may have worked as Counsel. The Irish Taxi Drivers' Federation wished for the information ahead of a new case they were taking against the Government of Ireland regarding deregulation of the taxi business, in 2010.
Material includes letter of request for information from John D. Ussher, President of the Federation to Adrian Bourke (AB), 26/04/2010 which included photocopy of news cutting from 1978, and photocopies of report of Mr Justice Costello, High Court, 26/07/1978 and of Order to dismiss appeal, 01/12/1978; letter from AB to MR, 28/04/2010 asking if she remembered case or who instructing solicitor was; letter from AB to Ussher in reply suggesting they seek information from the Central Office of the High Court, 28/04/2010.