10.—(1) In Order 59, rule 11, the following paragraph shall be substituted for paragraph (4)—
“(4) In any case where the Court of Appeal has power to order a new trial on the ground that damages awarded by a jury are excessive or inadequate, the Court may, instead of ordering a new trial, substitute for the sum awarded by the jury such sums as appears to the Court to be proper; but except as aforesaid the Court of Appeal shall not have power to increase or reduce the damages awarded by a jury”.
(2) Order 59, rule 11(4), as substituted by paragraph (11, shall not apply to any appeal set down before the coming into operation of this rule.