Decades later, the firm has been engaged by Ruth’s family to present new evidence and formally request a pardon from the ...

DESMOND Cussen is the former partner of Ruth Ellis – the nightclub manager who became the last woman to be hanged.  Ruth’s ...

JOHN Bickford was the lawyer who defended nightclub manager Ruth Ellis during her murder trial.  Ruth’s story was dramatised in the ITV series Ruth Ellis: A Cruel Love which follows John’s ...