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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.
“I want to stand by [Hancock Prospecting and Gina Rinehart] and fight the Porteous camp,” John wrote. “I hope you will remember the effort I have put in, especially in turning the tide in the media against the Porteous camp.”
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