The Guardian
Gina Rinehart and rival heirs brace for court verdict on claim to billion-dollar fortune
By Sarah Martin Senior correspondent

Judgment will rule on whether spoils of some of Hancock Prospecting’s iron ore projects must be shared with family of her father’s business partner Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Gina Rinehart faces the possibility of losing billions of dollars in riches from her Pilbara iron ore empire and her mantle as Australia’s wealthiest person when a long-awaited court verdict is delivered in Perth on Wednesday. The Western Australian supreme court judgment will rule on w...