A claim by a family owned company for royalties flowing from Gina Rinehart’s Hope Downs mine relies on a “futile attempt to rewrite” a key deal between Lang Hancock and Pilbara pioneer Don Rhodes, lawyers for Hancock Prospecting say.
After enduring weeks of sensational evidence revealing internal Rinehart family disputes and private correspondence, lawyers for Hancock Prospecting on Monday started outlining their defence in the highly anticipated legal battle between Australian mining dynasties.
