A “conspiracy to pervert the course of justice on an almost industrial scale”. This is not the usual phrase to be found in the opening paragraph of a family law judgment, but then the case of Rapisarda v Colladon was not a usual case. It is quite a story, and one that reveals a fair amount about the workings of the family courts in this country. First we need to introduce you to the Queen’s Proctor (or King’s Proctor in times of male monarchs). This is the person who represents the Crown in the probate and divorce courts. The Queen’s Proctor…
