Case No. HT-11-503

[2008] Bus LR 233. Of course, in the present case, that specific principle does not in any event arise, since the reinstatement fit-out works were not carried out on the advice of an architect or engineer. 56.Although not strictly a principle of recovery of damages, it is right to note that where (as here) the scope of the works and their cost were the subject of scrutiny by a third party (the insurers and the loss adjusters acting on their behalf) with a clear incentive to ensure that the sums paid out were kept to a minimum, the court is likely to attach significant weight to the reasonableness of the sums paid out. That is common sense: if a sum has been assessed as reasonable by an experienced loss adjuster, it will ordinarily take good evidence to demonstrate that the sum was not in fact reasonable (see by analogy