Children have become adults and four prime ministers have come or gone, but this week, in what feels like a different era to when fire engulfed Grenfell Tower in June 2017, public inquiry hearings into the disaster will finally end.
In closing statements after thousands of hours of cross-examination spanning five years, disclosure of 320,000 documents and over £150m in taxpayer legal costs, lawyers will rest the case against local officials, global corporations, builders and politicians.
