On the hunt for Du Val founders’ ‘missing’ jewellery

On the hunt for Du Val founders’ ‘missing’ jewellery
Du Val founders Charlotte and Kenyon Clarke. (Image: Supplied)
Maria Slade
Insurance policy and valuation details found at the home of Du Val founders Charlotte and Kenyon Clarke indicated nine valuable jewellery items had yet to be located, receivers PwC told the High Court in December.Details of the Dec 18 hearing can now be made public as suppression orders have lapsed, although further information about the individual jewellery pieces remained under wraps.Seventy Du Val property development group entities are in statutory management, owing an estimated $240 million, while the Clarkes, their trusts, and four other...

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