Former federal politician Clive Palmer has been ordered to pay legal costs after failing in his bid to have charges laid by the corporate watchdog thrown out of court.

Supreme Court Justice Soraya Ryan last month ordered the colourful businessman's civil case, which involved bizarre claims a federal MP mailed him a boxing glove as a threat over his refusal to sell land on the Gold Coast to a church, be set aside and the statements of claim be struck out.

Clive Palmer has been ordered to pay legal costs on a standard basis. Credit:AAP Image/ Jeremy Piper

Mr Palmer and his company Palmer Leisure Coolum had lodged a civil claim in the Supreme Court asking for criminal proceedings before the Magistrates Court to be permanently stayed.

The Queensland mining magnate and PLC were charged by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission over an unfulfilled 2012 proposal to buy shares of another company, The President's Club, that owned properties at his Sunshine Coast resort.