Negligence - Duty of care - Statutory duty - Whether breach of statute could constitute breach of common law dub of care - Dangerous article - Airgun left with unsupervised boys - Causation - Novus actus interveniens - Damages - Whether excessive - Firearms Act 1958 (No 6251), s29(2).

Appeal - Procedure - Proposed amendments to grounds of appeal - Alleged misdirections to jury - Transcript of judge's charge deficient.

Appeal - Procedure - Abandonment - Order that appeal not be taken to be abandoned - Discretion - Stay of execution - Security for costs - Trustee company - Supreme Court Rules Ch 1, R64.12, R64.17(2), and R64.18.