The downside of inquiries is that lawyers have a propensity to rack up millions in costs without breaking any of the new ground a gifted reporter like John Ware is able to expose.

BBC: Paterson grabs moral high ground

There is a plaque on a house in John Street, Oxford, where Mr Ware once lived, informing passing Romans that he was fons et origo Mensae.

ECONOMIST: Lancelot Ware

Preparing a background article for the website, which you can read here, I watched again John Ware's 2002 Panorama special and was left in awe by his investigative skill - it was Ware who persuaded Pat Finucane's killer, Ken Barrett, to divulge all, two years before he was found guilty of the offence.

BBC: Paterson grabs moral high ground