Palmer denies ‘intimate’ involvement in QNI administration decision – The Sydney Morning Herald

Clive Palmer has been forced to deny being “intimately involved’ in the decision to send Queensland Nickel into voluntary administration. The denial came after an unsuccessful attempt by Mr Palmer’s legal team to have the hearing into the collapse of QNI adjourned. Clive Palmer arrives at the Federal Court on Friday, flanked by private security, for…

Palmer’s lawyers fail in bid for break in Queensland Nickel grilling – The Sydney Morning Herald

Clive Palmer’s lawyers have failed in calls for a break in his grilling over the collapse of Queensland Nickel. Previous slide Next slide Palmer: ‘God bless Australia’ Clive Palmer is more cheerful as he faces another grilling about the collapse of Queensland Nickel on Thursday. Nine News They argued the adjournment was to give their…

Leading academics to teach corporate law – Brunel University News (press release)

Brunel Law School has appointed two new high-profile academics to teach the universitys portfolio of corporate law courses to undergraduate and postgraduate students. Emeritus Professor of Corporate Law at the University of Oxford, Professor Dan Prentice, and the chair of the company law committee of the Council of the Bars and Law Societies of the…

Double insolvency hits specialist investment firm – Insider Media

Two industrial companies owned by a Kettering-headquartered specialist investment firm have fallen into administration, Insider can reveal. Hughes Armstrong Industries, which acquires or invests in underperforming British manufacturing companies, has been hit by the administration of Brighouse-based BCI Brewchem Ltd, a manufacturer of steelwork structures used in the food, beverage and water industries, and Halifax…