The lawyer for the eldest children of Gina Rinehart has further detailed a rift between Australia’s richest woman and her mining magnate father in the years before his death. Christopher Withers SC, representing John Hancock and Bianca Rinehart in the civil case against their billionaire mother, continued his opening statementsContinue 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
Gina Rinehart’s lawyer says a decades-old royalties agreement for the Hope Downs iron ore mines has been misinterpreted, as the ongoing battle for a stake in the mining giant’s multi-billion dollar empire continues. Week three of the WA Supreme Court civil trial continues the fight to fend off lucrative royaltyContinue 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
Billionaire mining magnate Gina Rinehart delivered a potentially lifesaving reminder to all Australians after being crowned Western Australian of the Year 2023. The richest woman in the country used her acceptance speech to open up about a recent cancer scare, with the 69-year-old undergoing a facial melanoma removal just hoursContinue Reading
Mining magnate Gina Rinehart has pulled in a staggering $2.3 billion from her most successful venture. Ms Rinehart’s mine in Roy Hill, controlled by her private company called Hancock Prospecting, generated an eye watering profit of $3.3 billion in the past 12 months, up until July this year. Although thatContinue Reading