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Gina Rinehart drops defamation case against Nine

But magnate will proceed with misleading conduct claims under consumer law over House of Hancock.

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TEN shareholder Gina Rinehart is dropping defamation action against Nine over The House of Hancock.

She was seeking damages for defamation and injurious falsehood in scenes from the two-part series, which aired in February.

But lawyers will now instead make misleading conduct claims under consumer law. She intends to sue producers Paul Bennett, Michael Cordell and Claudia Karvan under section 18 of the act, which prohibits a person, in trade or commerce, from engaging in misleading or deceptive conduct.

The episode aired after a confidential agreement was reached following the viewing of Part 2 of the Cordell Jigsaw miniseries.

NSW Supreme Court Justice Lucy McCallum adjourned the case so documents could be filed on the production company.

No word if Foxtel’s Gina Minehart is also under scrutiny.

Source: 9News.com.au, Fairfax

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  1. Why do these filthy rich people spend so much time and money suing others? The program is over and done with, most of us wouldn’t remember much of it anyway, and here she is, dredging it all up again. I couldn’t care less about her hurt feelings. Her time in court against her family has trashed her reputation anyway, why make it worse?

  2. What a pity we don’t have vast amounts of cash to make vexatious legal claims. It’s about time the courts tell her to bugger off and stop wasting their time and resources.

  4. The defamation suit has done its job, forced Nine to edit their show to her tastes and put it out there that it’s all lies without any evidence.

  5. Get ready… as soon as the case is tossed out of court, 9’s ballyhoo department will trumpet “As Last! The Version She Didn’t Want You to See!” with it scheduled for the following Sunday night and straight out to DVD release.
    Mark my words.

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