US EditionFirm linked to Tory peer Michelle Mone breached £122m PPE contract, High Court rules
The High Court ruled PPE Medpro must repay nearly £122 million after supplying 25 million non-sterile gowns, with the government also seeking £8.6 million for related costs.
- On October 1, a High Court judge determined that PPE Medpro, associated with Tory peer Baroness Michelle Mone, violated a contract worth nearly £122 million to deliver 25 million defective, non-sterile gowns to the government’s health department during the COVID-19 crisis.
- The case arose after DHSC claimed PPE Medpro provided faulty, non-sterile gowns through a VIP lane contract endorsed by Mone, with neither she nor her husband Doug Barrowman giving evidence at the June trial.
- Lady Justice Cockerill found three contract breaches, ordering repayment of the full contract cost, but ruled the government could not recover storage fees for the gowns, which were rejected in December 2020 as unusable sterile products.
- Barrowman described the ruling as a "travesty of justice" and a "whitewash," while Lady Mone suggested the government targeted them unfairly to divert attention from broader mismanagement of PPE procurement, including a £10 billion loss.
- PPE Medpro filed for administration on October 1, owing the government nearly £122 million plus £8.6 million in transportation costs, highlighting ongoing financial and legal implications from the disputed pandemic contract.
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Michelle Mone has 2 weeks to pay back £122m
UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves has called for Baroness Michelle Mone to be expelled from the House of Lords following a High Court ruling that PPE Medpro, a company linked to Mone’s husband, Doug Barrowman, must repay £122 million plus interest for breaching a contract to supply 25 million surgical gowns during the Covid-19 pandemic. The ruling, delivered by Mrs Justice Cockerill on Wednesday… Source
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