Gina Rinehart’s son says he wants to be a ‘united family’ in olive branch to mother after court ruling

Gina Rinehart’s son John Hancock, who has been embroiled in a two-decade feud with his mother, has welcomed a Western Australian supreme court ruling. Photograph: Graeme Robertson/The Guardian

Gina Rinehart’s son has said he wants to reunite his family after a landmark court case left a long-running feud over ownership of mines and companies unresolved.

The Western Australian supreme court on Wednesday found Rinehart’s children were at one point set to inherit 49% of her company and said their ownership claims should be determined in separate proceedings.