Some UK Climate Protestors Face a Triple Whammy?

Some Just Stop Oil and Insulate Britain climate protestors, already receive longer prison sentences than race rioters in the UK. Evidence has now emerged that, as well as facing goal and fines, some are also hit by massive claims from Britain's biggest law firm. DLA Piper, has been employed, since 2021, by both the National Highways Ltd (NHL) and the (now defunct?), High Speed 2 (HS2) train company. DLA Piper were tasked with obtaining court orders, banning protests at NHL and HS2 sites. This law company then seeks to extract its costs (its lawyers are very expensive), from the prosecuted protestors. Some protestors, consequently, face additional bills of thousands of pounds for this 'service' (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/16/climate-activists-court-costs-protest-bans-uk-biggest-law-firm-dla-piper). Both NHL and HS2 claim their firms "support the right to protest lawfully and recognise the need to build a sustainable future". Really? Neither company needs to have court orders for all their sites nor to employ the most expensive law firm for getting them. Climate protestors appear to be treated more harshly than clearly criminal groups. Making protestors bankrupt appears to be the aim?