AN OXFORDSHIRE man and the Princess Royal's former husband attended court to hear a judge rule in their favour and halt a prosecution against his eventing company.
Captain Mark Phillips' firm, Equiland, and two of its directors, Timothy Clayton, 66, from Berrick Salome, near Wallingford, and Timothy Henson, 42, from Lincolnshire, were previously charged with failing to discharge a duty.
The charge related to the Gloucester-based company's staff training policy for using quad-bikes.
The inspection was triggered by a fatal quad-bike accident in 2005 at Anne's Gloucestershire home, Gatcombe Park.
But at Bristol Crown Court, Judge David Ticehurst found the matters should be "stayed as an abuse of process" following two days of legal argument.
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