Hancock v Rinehart [2014] NSWSC 932

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Hancock v Rinehart [2014] NSWSC 932 Hearing dates: 27 June 2014 Decision date: 27 June 2014 Jurisdiction: Equity Division Before: Brereton J Decision: Tender rejected Catchwords: EVIDENCE - admissibility and relevancy - facts relevant to facts in issue - whether highly confidential commercial documents can be tendered to assist interpretation of a contract clause - whether the tender purpose is relevant to the proceedings - tender rejected principally on lateness Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: John Langley Hancock (first plaintiff) Bianca Hope Rinehart (second plaintiff) Gina Hope Rinehart (first defendant) Ginia Hope Frances Rinehart (second defendant) Hope Rinehart Welker (third defendant) Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd (fourth defendant) Hope Downs Iron Ore Pty Ltd (fifth defendant) Representation: Counsel: C Withers w N Zerial & A Hochroth (plaintiffs) NC Hutley SC w BR McClintock SC & CN Bova (first defendant) RG McHugh SC w PW Flynn (second defendant) M Deutsch (sol) (third defendant) DB Studdy SC w C Colquhoun (fourth & fifth defendants) Solicitors: Yeldham Price O'Brien Lusk (plaintiffs) Corrs Chambers Westgarth (first, fourth, fifth defendants) Gadens Lawyers (second defendant) Deutsch Miller (third defendant) File Number(s): 2011/285907