Palantir and Sadiq Khan drop legal battle over Met contract
Summary
Palantir and London Mayor Sadiq Khan have ended their legal dispute over a contract with the Metropolitan Police that was previously blocked. They both withdrew accusations against each other, and a new process for awarding the contract will begin.Key Facts
- Palantir sued Mopac (Mayor’s Office of Policing and Crime) after Khan blocked a £50 million, two-year AI contract for police intelligence work.
- The contract involved a system called unified operational analytics (UOA).
- Khan said public money should go only to companies that share London’s values.
- Palantir’s UK and Europe head said politics was interfering with public safety concerns.
- Mopac said the decision to block the contract was based on legal and procurement rules, not Palantir’s values or ethics.
- Palantir and Mopac agreed to treat each other fairly if Palantir bids again in the new procurement process.
- Both sides will pay their own legal costs, and no damages or liability were admitted.
- Palantir is also facing controversy over a £330 million NHS medical data contract.
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