High Court judge Sir Paul Coleridge has come under scrutiny over comments made at the launch of his new pro-marriage charity, with the Office for Judicial Complaints (OJC) handed an official complaint on the matter.

Coleridge launched the Marriage Foundation on 1 May this year in an effort to “increase the rate of marriage and reduce the rate of divorce”. Its patrons include high-profile names such as Baroness Ruth Deech and Baroness Fiona Shackleton.