In the matter of D (A Child) [2019] UKSC 42

Whether someone consents to the deprivation of their liberty is often an irrelevant question. Sometimes people are locked up because they are a danger to society whereas others are simply limited because it is in their best interests. Nevertheless that point of consent in a medical context is important and so in this case we explore whether the parents of a young man who is not quite yet an adult can still use parental responsibility to consent on his behalf. Music from bensound.com