Clive Palmer accused of 'scandalising conduct' as second judge steps down from trial

Justice David Jackson stands down from trial between Palmer and liquidators for failed Queensland Nickel company

Clive Palmer has succeeded in his bid to have a second supreme court judge step down from a three-month trial next year, when liquidators for his failed Queensland Nickel company will seek to recover millions of dollars owed to creditors.

However, as Justice David Jackson recused himself on Monday, he described Palmer’s claims that he may been negatively influenced against the former MP, or discussed the case with other judges, as “scandalising conduct”. 

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