Case No. HT-11-503

76.I have already made the point that the claimed reinstatement fit-out costs of almost £400,000 on one floor only should have rung alarm bells at the time, because that was considerably more than the round figure of £300,000 relating to the original fit-out works across two floors. Mr Woodall agreed that, if he had been the loss adjuster, he would have looked at the original fit-out costs for comparison purposes. Indeed, he laid some stress on that as a prudent and proper thing to do. For reasons which were unclear, he did not do the same exercise as the expert instructed by Brit Inns, despite his duty to the court. Mr Greig also failed to do this comparison, although this was again something which, certainly at one stage during the adjustment, he seemed to have in mind. Again, the broad comparison between the two figures demonstrates that, in Mr Penny’s words, “something has gone wrong somewhere”.