Cash machines in supermarkets are often operated by a separate bank rather than by the supermarket. The Valuation Officers have listed the sites as separate hereditaments in the rateable occupation of the banks.

In 1973 the appellant’s father purchased Idlicote House, which had been designated a Grade II listed building in 1966. He brought with him from his previous residences a pair of eighteenth-century lead urns resting on limestone piers and put them in the gardens. On 30 June 1986 the urns and piers were individually listed. The appellant came into ownership of Idlicote House in 1993 but was unaware of the listing. He sold the items at public auction in 2009. In 2015 the second respondent (‘the Council’) told the appellant that listed building consent had been required for the removal of the items. The Council refused his application for consent and issued a listed building enforcement notice requiring the return of the items. The appellant appealed against both decisions, contending that there had been no breach of listed building control because the items were not buildings, that the items should be de-listed, or consent given. The Inspector dismissed his appeals.

In July 1973, an interim custody order was made in respect of Gerard Adams. It was signed by the Minister of State at the Northern Ireland Office. The case was referred to a Commissioner in August 1973 and a detention order was made by a commissioner under the legislation in May 1974. Mr Adams first attempted escape in December 1973. The second attempted escape occurred in July 1974. He was convicted in respect of these attempts in March and April 1975. He did not appeal against either conviction. Following the release of government papers under the 30 year rule, which indicated that his case had not been considered personally by the Secretary of State, Mr Adams was granted an extension of time in April 2017 to appeal against the convictions. The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland dismissed the appeal in January 2018.