“…f Lords. After the hearing of the present appeal, and while this judgment was under construction, the Supreme Court handed down its judgments in Re D (A Child) [2019] UKSC 42 in which Lady Black made a number of important observations about s.25 addressing the first and, to some extent, the third questions listed in paragraph 2 abov…”
“…At this point, it is necessary to consider the observations of the Supreme Court in the recent decision in Re D [2019] UKSC 42. In that case, the High Court had been asked to exercise its inherent jurisdiction to authorise the confinement of a teenage boy in a psychiatric hospital. The…”
“…’s private life rights under Article 8. When an authority deprives someone of their liberty private life is by its nature curtailed. Lady Hale in Re D(A Child) [2019] UKSC 42 (Re D) at paragraph [3] made a similar point about the combined effect of Articles 5 and 8 as they applied to the rights of a child and those of parents.…”