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Docs produced in arbitration can be used in Rinehart family court battle
Adam Hochroth 2023-05-26 2:56 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has allowed two of Gina Rinehart’s children to use documents produced in private arbitration for their defence in court proceedings over ownership of a valuable mining tenement.

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As trial in family feud nears, Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting rebuked for contributing to delay
Adam Hochroth 2023-04-13 11:06 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has granted a discovery bid by two of Gina Rinehart’s children as a long-running fight over ownership of a valuable mining tenement nears trial, and has rejected her company’s argument that they were solely responsible for dragging out a dispute over documents.

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Hancock Prospecting must hand over docs to Rinehart children
Allens 2023-03-28 2:25 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting has lost its bid to avoid producing documents to Bianca Rinehart and John Hancock after a judge rejected arguments the Rinehart children were abusing the court’s processes in a long-running dispute over ownership of a valuable mining tenement.

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Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting can’t halt case pending arbitration in 20-year feud
Allens 2023-01-16 11:24 pm By Sam Matthews

Hancock Prospecting has lost a bid to shut down court cases brought by fellow mining giants Wright Prospecting and DFD Rhodes until the outcome of a family arbitration, after a judge found the company’s own forensic choices made the risk of inconsistent decisions inevitable.

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Hancock Prospecting loses bid for expanded trial in Rinehart family feud
Adam Hochroth 2021-09-13 3:02 pm By Miklos Bolza

Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting has failed to persuade a court to hold an expanded separate trial on the alleged wrongdoing of the mining magnate in a spat over the Hope Downs iron ore mine, with a judge finding the proposal could extend the already ten-year legal battle.

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Hancock Prospecting avoids $3M discovery hit
Adam Hochroth 2021-08-18 4:21 pm By Miklos Bolza

Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting has avoided a discovery order that would cost an estimated $3 million to comply with, with a judge instead ordering that limited discovery be given to two Rinehart children in an ongoing family dispute over titles for the Hope Down iron ore mine.

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