Australian mining heiress and Chairman of Hancock Prospecting group Gina Rinehart prepares to award medals to competitors at the Australian Synchronised Swimming Championships in Sydney, Australia, April 25, 2015. REUTERS/Jason Reed/File Photo
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - The children of mining billionaire Gina Rinehart, Australia's richest person, have been cleared by a court to sue their mother for what they describe as mismanagement of a multi-billion dollar family trust, in a long-running family feud.
Rinehart's daughter Bianca, who is now trustee of the family trust, said Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd - the mining company set up by her grandfather, Lang Hancock, and run by her mother - did not pay A$500 million ($380 million) in dividends that she said were due to shareholders, one of which is the family trust.
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