Use of ‘VIP lane’ to award Covid PPE contracts unlawful, high court rules
by Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#5TXXT)
Government's use of system to award deals to two firms during first Covid wave found to be unlawful
The government's operation of a VIP lane" for suppliers of personal protective equipment during the coronavirus pandemic was illegal, a high court judge has ruled.
In a written judgment, handed down on Wednesday, Mrs Justice O'Farrell said the Good Law Project and EveryDoctor, who together had challenged the lawfulness of the way billions of pounds worth of contracts were awarded through the high priority lane, had established that its operation was in breach of the obligation of equal treatment".
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