PPE Medpro delivers scathing closing in DHSC case, accusing government of buyer’s remorse and scapegoating

Government suing PPE Medpro because of ‘buyer’s remorse’, court told

The Government is suing PPE Medpro over 25 million surgical gowns because of “buyer’s remorse”, the High Court has heard. It began legal action after it said the company, linked

PPE Medpro delivers scathing closing in DHSC case, accusing government of buyer’s remorse and scapegoating

The High Court trial between PPE Medpro and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) drew towards its conclusion today, with a blistering set of closing submissions from the defence that portrayed the government’s £122 million claim as a desperate attempt to deflect attention from its own pandemic procurement failures. Describing the case as “no more than opportunistic,” PPE Medpro’s legal team argued that the DHSC had never needed the 25…