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in unpaid legal fees. It was reported that the unpaid fees came from court cases and legal actions in which Slater and Gordon represented
Porteous, including the 2001 inquiry into the death of Hancock, and the long-running court battle with Rinehart, over his A$ 400 million-plus estate. It was
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Porteous had literally nagged Hancock to death with shrill tantrums and arguments. Porteous denied the allegations,
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Hancock and Porteous began to break down. Rumours surfaced of her having disputes with servants and others close to Hancock, especially Rinehart, and as Hancock's health worsened, so did his relationship with Porteous. Rinehart would later
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Hancock eventually took out a restraining order against her. The inquest was put on hold after allegations that Rinehart had paid witnesses to appear and that some had lied in their testimony. It resumed three months later with a smaller witness list and ended with the finding that Hancock had
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Hancock was clearly infatuated with his young wife. He gave her money and investments in real estate in the Sydney area. Porteous, in turn, helped Hancock to look and act like a much younger man, belying his eight decades. As
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and police investigation revealed no evidence to contradict that. However, Hancock's daughter insisted that her stepmother had unnaturally hastened his death. Two successive state coroners refused to allow an inquest, but one was eventually granted in 1999 under the direction of
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famously explaining: "For anyone else it would be a tantrum, for me it's just raising my voice." In the last few days of
Hancock's life, Porteous had attempted to pressure him into changing his
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