Clive Palmer’s former media adviser has launched legal action against the National Australia Bank and the Queensland government claiming more than $4 million for malicious prosecution after he was charged over a plot to kidnap a banker in Indonesia.

Andrew Crook, who for years managed media communications for the mining billionaire, filed the claim in the Brisbane Supreme Court earlier this year – the latest legal challenge in the years-long court battle.

But NAB has pushed for the case to be struck out, arguing it is an abuse of process.

Andrew Crook after his arrest in 2014. Credit: Michelle Smith/Fairfax Media

Crook was charged alongside former private investigator Mick Featherstone and ex-Sydney Swans player Tony Smith over police allegations they were involved in a kidnap sche

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