Key legal question
Whether the cost allocation after dismissal violated the presumption of innocence
Extracted holding
No. The cost order did not impute criminal guilt; it relied on civil-law blameworthy conduct and was therefore compatible with the presumption of innocence.
Extracted reasoning
The lower court expressly stated that the appellants were not being accused of having committed the offences. It based costs on clearly established conduct that could justify suspicion and did not directly or indirectly assert criminal guilt.