Case No. HT-11-503

145.In cross-examination, Mr Thomas made plain that not all of the plumbing was in the basement although, of course, the claims in these proceedings should have been limited to plumbing in the basement. He accepted that his measurement relied in large part on what he was told by Mr Malloy in his conversations with him on the telephone but, for the reasons previously noted, this was only necessitated by the total inadequacy of the paperwork. To put the point another way, the detail given by Mr Malloy orally was greater than in the invoices.146.There was some evidence that the gas distribution system had to be refitted as part of the reinstatement fit-out works. The evidence was unsatisfactory because of the absence of information in the invoices, but endeavouring to give Brit Inns the benefit of the doubt, and accepting the evidence of Mr Barber that there was some gas supply work done that was consequential on the second inundation, it appears that a further sum should be allowed for this work. Mr Thomas valued it at £650. No other item of work could be shown to have been omitted. The resulting figure (