Implant damages assessment hearing ‘in weeks’

An assessment of damages due to a woman, who had defective silicone gel prostheses implanted in her breasts, could be heard within the next few weeks.

Samantha Gibbs was refused a second judgment against The Harley Medical Group (Ireland) Limited despite having been told it was a ‘different’ company, although bearing an identical name to one against which judgment had already been granted for default of appearance.

Barrister Sarah Reid, counsel for Ms Gibbs, of Hillside, Ballintubber, Castlerea, told the Circuit Civil Court that although the companies bore the same name they were registered at separate addresses in the British Virgin Islands.