His aggressive behaviour stunned me into silence

Towards the end of 2016, in a very febrile environment unleashed by the Brexit referendum, I was the lead claimant in a judicial review about Brexit. This case sought clarification from the court on whether the government could trigger Article 50 to exit the European Union without parliamentary approval.

- GINA MILLER

Having not been a politician or political commentator, the media rounds that ensued were quite terrifying. I had, however, worked in financial services since 1996, so had encountered my fair share of bullies and misogynists. In 2010, I started a campaign to stop the dubious behaviours that led to the global financial crisis in 2008 and had encountered a fair amount of intellectual dishonesty.

The call came to appear on the BBC's Today programme. I would be on with a Tory MP, Dominic Raab. I hit Google and found out that he was an arch Brexiteer and a lawyer. I thought we would have a robust but reasonable conversation about the merits of the case. How wrong I was.

We were sitting next to each other in the studio. The presenters introduced the case and turned to Raab, who launched into an abusive attack on me: I was a rich woman going against the will of the people; my challenge was a rather naked attempt to steal the referendum by the back door. My nervousness suddenly disappeared. I turned to him and said: "Mr Raab, have you read my case?"