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This is the Defendant’s (Respondent) application for security for costs in respect of the appeal (“ Appeal ”) brought by the Plaintiff against the Judgment of Wilson Chan J (“ Judge ”) dated 24 January 2025 (“ Judgment ”) by which the Plaintiff’s Statement of Claim was struck out and its action against the Defendant in HCA 1593/2023 (“ Action ”) dismissed with costs.

2025年3月21日，本庭駁回律政司司長的案件呈述上訴，D6的無罪裁決維持，理由詳見有關的《判案書》 [1] 。

2025年6月26日，本庭頒發判案書，駁回破產人的上訴。案件的背景和有關議題在判案書已詳細列出，故不再複述。

On an evening in March 2021, the applicant was intercepted by police while driving in Kwun Tong; he appeared unfocused and tested positive for Ice and cocaine. Police found in his vehicle three plastic bags of Ice (41.17g containing 40.97g of methamphetamine hydrochloride), electronic scales, two iron poles, resealable plastic bags, and two vehicle registration plates. A Government Chemist report revealed 0.18 µg/ml of Ice in his blood. The applicant had nine previous convictions, including a 2011 conviction for trafficking in dangerous drugs (3 years and 4 months), two for possessing dangerous drugs in 2016 and 2021, and two prior failures to answer bail in relation to drug offences. He had a long-term addiction to Ice since age 25.

On 2 July 2025, the applicant filed a Notice of Motion to apply for leave to appeal to the Court of Final Appeal against this court’s judgment of 26 June 2025 (“ the Judgment ”) ( [2025] HKCA 591 ). In the Judgment, we dismissed the applicant’s appeal against the decision of Deputy High Court Judge Levy (“ the Judge ”) dated 7 April 2025, by which the Judge dismissed his application for leave to apply for judicial review ( [2025] HKCFI 1120 ).