ASK one of Australia’s top Queen Counsel Tom Hughes how it is like to battle with Perth socialite Rose Hancock-Porteous and he will probably quote her own words “like a cornered cat, snarling and lashing out against its perpetrator”.
Indeed he knows it quite well because he was one of the so-called perpetrators when he cross-examined her on behalf of her step-daughter Gina Rinehart – a court battle which finally ended in a stunning victory for Rose.
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