Nawagamuwage Chandrawathie Perera vs Don Neville Dudley Sebastian Senclayard Jayatunge – CA NO. 874/2000-2013

In the case between Nawagamuwage Chandrawathie Perera and Weweldeniya Arachchige Weerasena (plaintiffs) and Don Neville Dudley Sebastian Senclayard Jayatunge and Heenkanda Mudalige Don Francis Sunil Shantha (defendants), the court considered whether the damages of Rs. 75,000 awarded for property damage resulting from a vehicular accident were excessive. The court held that the amount awarded by the District Judge was justified based on the evidence and admissions presented at trial. This decision reaffirmed the principle that appellate courts should not interfere with trial court awards in the absence of clear error or misapprehension of the facts. Reference was made to the evidentiary record and the appropriateness of judicial deference to fact-finding at first instance, emphasizing that