Clive Palmer says he hasn't been summoned to court over Queensland Nickel

Embattled businessman Clive Palmer has flatly denied he has been served an order to appear inside the Federal court subsequent week to answer questions about the fall apart of the Queensland Nickel refinery.

Mr Palmer is scheduled to the front the court docket in Brisbane on Tuesday, in conjunction with nephew and fellow QN director Clive Mensink, after the court granted a request by way of liquidators FTI Consulting to question him.

The liquidators declare there may be evidence he acted as a shadow director and used QN to bankroll different business pastimes.

at the same time as saying his Queensland Palmer United party Senate candidates on Wednesday, the MP for Fairfax who is retiring at this yr's federal election dismissed communicate of his upcoming court docket look as "a press beat-up".

"i've obtained no notices," he said in Brisbane.

"beneath the Federal court docket you're entitled to 8 days' word."

"it's just not actual," he added.

Mr Palmer stated any existing summons, which hadn't been served, could expire on June 14 - six days from now.

"there was a time once they had courtroom journalists - I recognize they've cut the personnel again - who could explain these things."

The businessman-became-flesh presser stated he have been attacked mercilessly for various matters during the last three years.

"this is simply some other attempt to muddy the waters within the election duration wherein there's no substance to what humans are saying," he stated.

three special cause liquidators will try to recover almost $70m in taxpayer budget used to cover the unpaid entitlements of approximately 800 sacked QN people.

The hearings are also anticipated to range over allegations FTI made in its April file to creditors, who're owed hundreds of millions of greenbacks.

Mr Palmer has previously denied any wrongdoing, pronouncing he's not concerned approximately being held individually answerable for employees' entitlements.

On Wednesday, he once more distanced himself from any decisions that impacted on employment in Queensland.

He has previously introduced plans to sue FTI for $1.2 billion, accusing the organisation and administrator John Park of breaching the Queensland Nickel Joint mission settlement and blocking off a restructure that could have saved the refinery walking.