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Would;d the answer, Rayner, turn on how you intended dealing with the fee paid to the garage. I guess that it could be done in one of three ways:

a. As an aliment of your client's claim; or

b. As a disbursement paid out of office a/c; or

c. as a general office expense not referable to any particular file such as advertising.

Then there is the question of who you tell and what you tell them. Do you tell the other side, or your client, or both?

Then there is the question of what you tell them, simply the fact of payment of the fee, or that and the amount

What you tell and to whom would, in my humble opinion turn on which of a, b or c you use. If you were not asking either your client or the other side to pay then why should you tell them any more than you would tell them what you are spending on advertising? If it does not affect their pocket, or influence your conduct of the case, what business is it of anyone else? As soon as it does, or might, affect those then they should, in my opinion, be told.