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@Steff
A swift interwebulator search finds:
Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986
Regulation 105: "No person shall open, or cause or permit to be opened, any door of a
vehicle on a road so as to injure or endanger any person."
I'd say you've handled it about right. Meet at the bike shop, and ask him to pay for the frame if it's determined that the frame isn't safe (my instinct is that "quite a big dent in the downtube" is likely to mean that it isn't, at least in the medium/long term. Sounds as if he's being reasonable, which is a nice change from usual London motorist behviour, but that's no reason why you should be left with a crocked bike.
Also, cycle lanes next to parked cars are crap and should be treated with profound caution and scepticism, as you now know. I'd be tempted to take advantage of your newly-bruised status to write to Tower Hamlets with copious gory pictures and ask that they either remove the parking or move the cycle lane away from it and install "do not overtake cyclists" signs. It'd be a favour to all of us.