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High Court Orders PPE Medpro to Repay £122m Over Breached Covid Gowns Contract

The ruling centers on sterility compliance in a gowns deal fast-tracked through the government’s VIP lane.

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Doug Barrowman and Baroness Mone. She exploited her Tory connections to help her husband’s company, MedPro, win £200m worth of deals to sell PPE to the government as the pandemic struck (Photo: Max Mumby/Getty)
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Overview

  • Mrs Justice Cockerill found PPE Medpro in breach after concluding the 25 million gowns were not, contractually speaking, sterile and lacked a validated sterilisation process.
  • The court ordered payment of £121,999,219 by 4pm on 15 October 2025, rejected the government’s £8.65m storage claim, and dismissed Medpro’s counterclaim.
  • DHSC evidence cited 103 failures in 140 sterility tests and the absence of valid CE compliance, with the judge noting there was no reasonable market to resell the gowns.
  • PPE Medpro filed a notice to appoint an administrator ahead of the judgment, a step that could complicate efforts to recover the award.
  • The contract was awarded via the VIP lane after a referral from Baroness Michelle Mone, and a separate National Crime Agency investigation remains ongoing; Mone and Doug Barrowman deny wrongdoing.