JUDGMENT

Abdul Aziz Mohamad JCA:

[1]In appeal No. 141, the first appeal, the deceased was a married man aged 33 when he died. The persons who suffered loss of support by his death were his widow and son. In compliance with subparagraph (d) of para. (iv) of the proviso to subsection (3) of s. 7 of the Civil Law Act 1956 ("the said subparagraph (d)"), the learned Sessions Court Judge found the number of years' purchase to be eleven (132 months) and, applying that to a multiplicand of RM500 per month, arrived at RM66,000 for loss of support. Since the deceased was 20% liable, the amount awarded for loss of support was RM52,800. On appeal to the High Court, the learned Judicial Commissioner ruled that there should have been a deduction of one-third on account of contingencies, vicissitudes of life and accelerated payment. So from RM52,800 he deducted RM17,600, being one third of RM52,800, thereby reducing the award to RM35,200.

[2]In appeal No. 71, the second appeal, the deceased was an unmarried man aged 23 when he died. The person who suffered loss of support by his death was his mother. In compliance with the said subparagraph (d), the learned Sessions Court Judge found the number o