Who is the rival family pitted against Gina Rinehart in a long-running court case – and is she still the richest person in Australia?

The supreme court has handed down its judgment in a case over mining royalties. Here’s what you need to know

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Gina Rinehart’s company will have to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to a rival business after securing the rights but losing some royalties on a major mine in a landmark court case.

The more than 15-year-long Western Australian supreme court case pitted the extended families of Rinehart’s father and his business partner against each other, while tying up mining company Rio Tinto and a string of others.