A Federal Court judge will decide on Thursday whether to issue an arrest warrant for Clive Palmer's globe-trotting nephew.

Lawyers for Queensland Nickel's liquidators have accused Clive Mensink of blatant contempt after he failed to return home for a Federal Court grilling about the collapse of his uncle's nickel company.

They will ask Federal Court Justice John Dowsett to issue a warrant for Mr Mensink's arrest during a hearing at 10.15am on Thursday.

"Mr Mensink has shown absolute contempt in not appearing today," barrister David De Jersey, for special purpose liquidators PPB Advisory, told the court on Wednesday.