Sir Declan Morgan, the current Lord Chief Justice, wisely put forward a five-year plan to systematically deal with inquests arising out of killings during the Troubles. To their credit, the Government accepted the scheme and provided substantial finance for it.
The Chief Justice set up a unit, whereby 56 of these legacy inquests, dealing with controversial and hugely tragic killings, would be examined systematically by senior judges.
This will go some distance in addressing outstanding legacy cases.
The first legacy inquest case arising out of this scheme was that of Patrick McElhone and the findings of the Coroner, Mrs Justice Keegan QC, were delivered last week.