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High Court Orders PPE Medpro to Repay Nearly £122 Million Over Unusable Covid Gowns

Payment is due by 4pm on 15 October after the judge held the gowns were not contractually sterile.

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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 ruled PPE Medpro breached the contract because the 25 million gowns lacked a validated sterilisation process, making them unusable for the NHS.
  • The Department of Health and Social Care was awarded the contract price as damages, but its claim for storage costs was rejected for inadequate evidence.
  • PPE Medpro filed a notice to appoint an administrator shortly before the judgment.
  • Court records and submissions state Baroness Michelle Mone was the source of referral that put the company in the VIP procurement lane, though she and Doug Barrowman deny wrongdoing.
  • A separate National Crime Agency inquiry and CPS-backed asset freezes remain active, while Mone and Barrowman criticised the ruling and accused the government of scapegoating.