Administrators of the largest listed construction company to go bust since Carillion have brought in lawyers to investigate its collapse.
Joint administrators at Grant Thornton have instructed law firm Gateley to help them to look into the background to NMCN’s failure.
The downfall in October of the 75-year-old group, formerly called North Midland Construction, has been contentious. Unsecured creditors are facing losses of £115m, shareholders were wiped out and directors were awarded more than £9m in the two years leading up to its failure.
