“…er (“reasonable living expenses”) and the reference to “essential needs” in paragraph 17.46 of the 2018 Code was explained by this court in Patel v Hackney LBC [2021] EWCA Civ 897, [2021] HLR 39 (“Patel”). Rejecting a submission that the two were inconsistent Sir Nicholas Patten, with whom Arnold and Lewison LJJ agreed, said at [13] that…”
“…Shortly before the present appeal was heard, the Court of Appeal considered the issue of affordability in Patel v London Borough of Hackney[2021] EWCA Civ 897. (“Patel” ). In his judgment Sir Nicholas Patten sets out the proper approach to both the 1996 Order and the 2018 Code. He said:…”