JUDGMENT

Lord Morris of Borth-y-Gest:

The sole question which is raised in this appeal is whether the damages which were awarded to the appellant ought to be increased. The appellant who is an infant brought an action, suing by his father and next friend, in which he claimed damages for personal injuries from the respondents. On 13 November 1959 he was knocked down and injured in Kuala Lumpur by a motor-bus driven by a servant or agent of the respondents. He alleged that the accident was solely caused by the negligence of the driver of the bus. The respondents denied all allegations of negligence and contended that the accident was caused by or alternatively was substantially contributed to by negligence on the part of the appellant. The action was tried in the High Court at Kuala Lumpur by Suffian J, who, on 6 December 1961, held that there had been negligence on the part of the driver but that the appellant had been guilty of contributory negligence to the extent that the damages to which he would otherwise have been entitled should be halved. He awarded the sum of $390 as special damages (being half of the amount claimed) and the sum of $7,500 as general damages (being half of t