Lawyers representing Paddick, shadow foreign minister Chris Bryant and journalist Brendan Montague have asked the courts to review the 2006 Metropolitan police investigation.
In an announcement on London law firm Bindmans LLP's website partner Tamsin Allen, who represents the claimants, confirmed that judicial review proceedings had been issued. She said the claimants allege that police failed to conduct an effective investigation and breached an obligation to warn them they may have been victims of "unlawful invasions of privacy".
"Our clients have still not been told the whole story about how their names came to be in the papers seized during the phone hacking investigation in 2006 and why they were not warned that their privacy might have been compromised. The court will now determine whether or not the Metropolitan Police breached its public law and human rights obligations in the way it handled this investigation and its aftermath.
"We expect being in a position shortly to announce the names of at least two others in a similar position who will join these proceedings in due course."
Last week Bryant called for an emergency debate in the House of Commons on a motion that allegations of MPs getting their voice messages intercepted should be investigated by the standards and privileges committee. The motion was given full support by the house.
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