Moran v Attorney General
| Jurisdiction | Ireland |
| Judgment Date | 01 January 1977 |
| Date | 01 January 1977 |
| Docket Number | [1974 No. 2266 P] |
| Court | High Court |
Taxi driver - Revocation of licence - Natural justice - Audi alteram partem - Revocation invalid - Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Regulations, 1963 (S.I. No. 191), art. 24 - Road Traffic Act, 1961 (No. 24), ss. 5, 82 - Constitution of Ireland, 1937, Article 40.
The plaintiff was a taxi driver whose licence to drive a public service vehicle had been revoked by the third defendant in purported exercise of the powers conferred by article 24 of the Regulations of 1963. The plaintiff had appealed to the District Court against the revocation, as permitted by article 27 of the Regulations, but the appeal was dismissed after a full hearing. The plaintiff then issued a summons in the High Court and claimed a declaration that the revocation of his licence was invalid, and damages. The licence had been revoked without giving the plaintiff notice of the reasons for the revocation or an opportunity to controvert the matters which were alleged to justify the revocation...
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