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
Lawyers for the company founded by mining pioneer Lang Hancock have told a court he left it in such a precarious position when he died, that he almost sent it bankrupt. Sydney Barrister Noel Hutley SC detailed the “errors” Mr Hancock made in his later life – all in aContinue Reading
The founding father of Western Australia’s iron ore industry repeatedly and selfishly breached his fiduciary duties to his own company to benefit him and his second wife, a Perth court has heard. Lawyer for Hancock Prospecting, Noel Hutley SC, told a mammoth civil trial in the West Australian Supreme CourtContinue Reading