Mano

Hello everyone - hope I'm in the right place......I'd be really grateful for any advice offered! While moving my garden gate unfortunately the contractor screwed the 3 nails of the gate post all the way through the neighbours garage wall.So it has damaged 3 bricks of the garage wall . The neighbour is demanding for a Structural engineer advice before replacing the bricks . My intention was to fix the damaged bricks but he is insisting on a structural engineer visit . Can anybody say do i need really need one ?