The fine/compensation/fixed penalty was paid to the Police or the Courts, how am I still liable?
This claim is entirely separate from any criminal proceedings.
This is a civil claim for compensation by way of damages to cover the costs incurred by our client as a direct result of your action.
Irrespective of whether you are convicted, our client has the right to pursue a civil claim damages. Your conviction will be admissible in evidence in the civil proceedings as evidence of your wrongdoing and should establish liability.
If you are fined and ordered to pay costs upon a criminal conviction, this has no bearing on your liability to compensate our client for its losses. If you are ordered to pay compensation in the criminal court, and you can demonstrate that such compensation has been paid, that sum would be discounted from our client’s claim for damages.