Galloway’s lawyers will also argue the Government continues to act in breach of Articles 8 and 10 of the European Convention of Human Rights.

Alias Yousaf ,from Chambers Solicitors said, “We are testing not only the Wilson Doctrine but also a strand of parliamentary privilege that exists to protect every citizen in the country, allowing them confidential access to their MP to discuss any issue, free of it being spied upon by state bodies. The importance of this will impact on the right of every citizen not to have their private communications intercepted as a matter of course.”