U.K. Judge Won’t Force Government to Release Mask-Contract Terms
- Good Law Project challenging emergency award of contracts
- Judge schedules hearings for early next year on case
Personal protective equipment sits in Portsmouth, U.K.
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A U.K. judge declined to force the government to immediately release the details of protective equipment contracts it awarded during the early days of the pandemic, saying the request by a public-interest group was too broad.