"The government has won its legal claim against a company linked to the Conservative peer Michelle Mone for the return of millions of pounds paid for personal protective equipment during the Covid pandemic. The Department of Health and Social Care sued the company, PPE Medpro, in December 2022, arguing that it had not complied with PPE laws to ensure that 25m surgical gowns it provided under a June 2020 government contract were sterile."
"Paul Stanley KC, representing the DHSC, argued that this meant the gowns were invalidly CE marked and did not comply with the law. Stanley referred in his opening submission to a statement by a health official who had said of the gowns that the potential impact on safety was such that they could seriously harm or kill patients and so could not be released for use."
DHSC brought a legal claim in December 2022 against PPE Medpro seeking repayment of £122m paid for 25 million surgical gowns supplied under a June 2020 contract. The gowns were rejected after the first UK inspection in September 2020 and were never used in the NHS. The gowns bore a CE mark but lacked certification by an authorised quality assurance organisation to confirm safety and sterility. The court found the CE marking invalid and ruled for repayment of £122m plus costs and interest. PPE Medpro, ultimately owned by Doug Barrowman and linked to Michelle Mone, disputed the claims.
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