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The magnate sought a “total cleanup package division of Hancock and Wright so as not to leave grey areas for our respective heirs to argue about”.

Hancock Prospecting’s lawyer rubbished his opponents’ characterisation of Lang Hancock’s letter to his daughter, insisting it was of “peripheral relevance”.

Yindjibarndi compensation claim is 'misconceived', court told

Lawyers for a family owned company had put forward a proposition that sought to “stretch the language” of a 1969 agreement involving Lang Hancock.

Documents traversing decades of history and revealing deeply private correspondence between family members have been exhumed in the first two weeks of a high-stakes court case.

Descendants of the business partners of Gina Rinehart’s father want to claw back billions of dollars in iron ore royalties from her company Hancock Prospecting.

By Aaron Bunch in Perth for Australian Associated Press

Emails between Gina Rinehart's children about a legal bid against their mother have been read to a court case over billions of dollars in mining riches.

Email exchanges between Ms Rineharts children reveal further detail of the bitter internal family fight over mining royalties amassed by the Australias richest person.

The first major shots have been fired in what is set to be one of the most bitter and family showdowns in Australian legal history.