Overview

• The court awarded the contract price as damages and set a 4pm, 15 October 2025 repayment deadline, but refused the government’s £8.65m storage claim.
• Mrs Justice Cockerill dismissed PPE Medpro’s counterclaim that DHSC owed it advisory duties, calling the argument contrary to established principles.
• Evidence accepted by the court included the absence of a validated sterilisation process and sterility testing in which 103 of 140 gowns failed.
• The company filed a notice to appoint an administrator the day before the ruling, which could complicate efforts to recover the money.
• Baroness Michelle Mone referred the supplier into the VIP lane and remained active in talks; she and Doug Barrowman deny wrongdoing and say they are being scapegoated, while ministers say they will pursue every penny.