John Hancock and Bianca Rinehart, the eldest children of mining magnate Gina Rinehart, have shown up to Western Australia’s Supreme Court in person as their lawyer begins his closing address. The lengthy legal battle, which began in July, involves several parties claiming a share of iron ore mining royalties ownedContinue Reading
A mother-of-five has shared her devastation after her fiance suddenly died, leaving their family without an “absolutely incredible man”. Jessica Thorne was engaged to David Darling, 48, with the pair living in a small mining town in Western Australia with their five children – aged between 16 months and 10Continue Reading
The lawyer for the eldest children of mining magnate Gina Rinehart has told a court her attitude towards Rose Porteous was a key reason she was dumped as a director of her father’s company. Christopher Withers SC is representing John Hancock and Bianca Rinehart in the Western Australian Supreme Court,Continue Reading
The lawyer representing West Australian prospectors DFD Rhodes has begun opening statements in the massive civil case against Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd (HPPL). It’s the second week of a months-long trial against HPPL, as a number of entities try to claim a share of lucrative mining royalties fromContinue Reading
Court documents in the civil case over the royalties of Hancock Prospecting’s iron ore mines show disputed assets were worth about $840m when valuations were made decades ago. Wright Prospecting lawyer Julie Taylor SC has been presenting her opening address to the Western Australian Supreme Court since the legal battleContinue Reading
The lawyers for one of the mining entities embroiled in a legal stoush with Australia’s richest woman has presented “significant evidence” before Western Australia’s Supreme Court. Tuesday was the second day of months of hearings to be held as Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd and executive chairman Gina Rinehart fend offContinue Reading
What could potentially be a months-long legal clash between titans of Western Australia’s mining industry has had its first day of hearings in a Perth Court. Opening statements were heard on Monday as Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting fends off lucrative royalty claims from the former business partners of her famousContinue Reading
Four children have shocked the world surviving 40 days in the Amazon after a plane crash that killed all adults on-board. When rescuers finally found the Huitoto Indigenous children – aged 13, nine, five and one – on the weekend in the Colombian jungle, the eldest child ran towards themContinue Reading
WARNING: Graphic content. DNA tests have confirmed that human legs found inside a refrigerator and a skull removed from a cooking pot in a home in Hong Kong belonged to murdered fashion model Abby Choi, according to a report. The 28-year-old influencer’s dismembered body parts were discovered in a houseContinue Reading