Overview

• Court filings show a notice to appoint administrators for PPE Medpro was lodged, and Forvis Mazars said two partners have been appointed as joint administrators by a secured creditor.
• Mrs Justice Cockerill is due to hand down judgment on Wednesday in the government’s case over the disputed surgical gown contract.
• The Department of Health and Social Care seeks to recoup £121,999,219.20 plus £8,648,691 for transport and storage after rejecting 25 million gowns in December 2020.
• PPE Medpro denies breach, accuses the government of buyer’s remorse, and says it offered to replace the gowns or pay £23 million to settle, offers it says were rejected.
• Recent accounts show net assets of about £666,000 after spending more than £4.2 million on legal costs, while a separate National Crime Agency fraud investigation and asset-freeze orders remain in place.