1. Gina Nadira Miller is a Guyanese-British business owner and activist who initiated the 2016 R v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union court case against the British government over its authority to implement Brexit without approval from Parliament.
Gina Miller founded the True and Fair Campaign in 2012, calling for an end to financial misconduct in the investment and pension industries.
Gina Miller grew up in the newly independent Guyana, and was sent to England by her parents at the age of 10 to be educated at an independent boarding school, Moira House in Eastbourne.
Gina Miller studied law at the Polytechnic of East London but left without completing her finals because her parents wanted her in Guyana.
Gina Miller has written that she was brutally attacked while at law school, that some of her attackers were fellow students, and that the attack caused her to give up her degree course.
Gina Miller gained a degree in marketing, and an MSc in human resource management at the University of East London.
Gina Miller owned a property photographic laboratory in 1987, before becoming a marketing and event manager at BMW Fleet Division in 1990.
Gina Miller started a specialist financial services marketing agency in 1992, and launched the Senate investment conference programme in 1996.
In February 2009, Gina Miller co-founded the investment firm SCM Private with her husband Alan Gina Miller.
Gina Miller has been a leading campaigner against hidden charges in pensions and investment and what she has described as "flagrant mis-selling within the asset management market".
Gina Miller set up Miller Philanthropy in 2009, and established MoneyShe.
Gina Miller has married three times, and has three children.
In October 2017, Gina Miller was named by Powerlist as the "UK's most influential black person" which recognises those of African and African Caribbean heritage.
Gina Miller was named number 26 on the list of most influential British Asians by GG2 Power List.
Gina Miller set up the True and Fair Foundation in 2009, with the stated aim of increasing philanthropy and common good in an era of growing inequality, social fragmentation and small state funding.
Gina Miller reported being called "a disgrace [whose] lobbying efforts would bring down the entire City".
In June 2016, subsequent to the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, Gina Miller privately engaged the City of London law firm Mishcon de Reya to challenge the authority of the British Government to invoke Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union using prerogative powers, arguing that only Parliament can take away rights that Parliament has granted.
Gina Miller stated in various interviews that her motivations for pressing on with the legal action were upholding Parliamentary sovereignty and democracy.
Gina Miller held a 1 minute silence outside of her property in early February 2020.
The law firm Gina Miller hired for the case, Mishcon de Reya, was subjected to abuse as a result of its involvement in the case, and Brexit supporters mounted a protest outside the firm's offices.
Gina Miller pleaded "not guilty" to three charges of malicious communication under section 127 of the Communications Act 2003 when he appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 2 May 2017.
Gina Miller was found guilty of two charges at his trial on 11 July 2017, at which he defended himself.
Gina Miller was later sentenced to 12 weeks in prison.
Gina Miller organised a crowdfunding campaign to back candidates opposed to a 'hard Brexit' in the 2017 general election.
On 26 April 2017, Gina Miller launched the Best for Britain campaign at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London.
Gina Miller stated publicly that she personally would vote Liberal Democrat for the first time, having previously been a Labour supporter.
Gina Miller left Best for Britain after the election, describing it as both "a room full of white males deciding what's going to happen to the country" and "undemocratic".
On 8 May 2019, Gina Miller set up a website, Remain United, to encourage tactical voting in the EU parliamentary election on 23 May, to maximise the number of MEPs of various parties elected who support remaining in the EU.
On 28 August 2019, Gina Miller was one of a number of parties to launch legal proceedings against the Johnson government for advising the Queen to prorogue parliament, claiming to do so was unconstitutional.
In June 2018, Gina Miller led the People's March for a People's Vote on the final Brexit deal alongside Liberal Democrat and Green party leaders Vince Cable and Caroline Lucas and Conservative Anna Soubry.
In September 2021, Gina Miller announced the foundation of a new political party called the True and Fair Party.
On 28 July 2023, it was reported that the True and Fair Party's bank account would be shut down by online bank Monzo, and that Gina Miller had not been given an explanation for the closure.
Gina Miller was her party's candidate for Epsom and Ewell for the 2024 general election.
Gina Miller was not elected, coming sixth out of the seven candidates and achieving a 1.5 per cent vote share, thereby losing her deposit.