Legal,
I wonder if you would be able to explain my previous query, ie why does the CAA, which appears to me to be acting as a quasi-Crown prosecutor, have the right to demand costs? Is it normal for the crown to claim costs in these sort of cases, or indeed in any criminal prosecution (and is this a criminal prosecution, inasmuch as the defendant will have a criminal record as a result)? Does a burglar, or a rapist, or a murderer have to pay costs when/if they are found guilty, and if not, what makes this type of case different.
TIA.