The Commonwealth Games have been hailed as a huge success for Manchester and a major boost for the city’s business and legal community. And yet one of the principal law firm beneficiaries of the splurge of development projects to take place off the back of the games was a certain London outfit that goes by the name of Slaughter and May.
Even more striking is the fact that the institution that turned to Slaughters for advice was the very body whose job it is to promote the city – Manchester City Council.
