Legal Analytics for the legal and insurance sectors IRN Research has launched its Legal Analytics service. Run in partnership with Premonition AI, the service offers analysis of legal decisions in all the UK High Courts and courts overseas. The service offers data from and access to Premonition AI’s artificial intelligence system. Premonition AI’s system has read all cases in the High Court and selected overseas...
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The UK Family Law Market Briefing is the fourth edition of an annual Legal Market Briefing from IRN Research and provides an overview of the UK family law market. The family law market took a major hit in 2014 as the legal aid changes had a major impact on the volume of work, with the market also slowing in 2013 as the changes were first...
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UK Maritime, Shipping and Admiralty Law Market a global leader The UK Maritime, Shipping and Admiralty Law Market Briefing 2017 is the first edition of an annual Legal Market Briefing from IRN Research and provides an overview of the UK maritime, shipping and admiralty (MSA) law market. The UK is a major global shipping hub and a major global hub for MSA work. The bulk...
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20 October 2017 The latest quarterly output from the International Passenger Survey (IPS) shows that the loss of share of UK resident visits to France has continued but has slowed down. Between 2010 and 2016, the market share of UK resident visits to France fell from 16.3% to 12.1% with a loss of nearly 0.5 million visits to 8.5 million over the period. While...
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CAGR OF 3.7% IN MARKET VALUE FROM 2016 TO 2020 The UK Wills & Probate Market Briefing 2017 is the fourth edition of an annual Legal Market Briefing from IRN Research and provides an overview of the UK wills, probate & trusts market. Each year around 4 million adults make a will and 3.6 million handle probate/estate administration matters. Despite this relatively large market...
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The UK Personal Injury Market Briefing 2017 is the fourth edition of an annual Legal Market Briefing from IRN Research. The personal injury market, including clinical negligence, is a large market, worth almost £4bn annually but while it is still growing modestly in value terms, it is declining in volume terms. The rise in value represents a major rise in the value of clinical negligence...
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Pension Dashboard improved with new Pension Flexibility Data New Pension Flexibility data From today, the IRN Pension Dashboard contains data on pension withdrawals made under the pension flexibility rules. Since April 2015, individuals aged 55 and over can access their defined contribution pension savings as they wish, subject to their marginal rate of income tax. The HMRC data shows the number of flexible payments...
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In the UK, around £4 billion is spent each year on market research and another £2.1 billion is spent on public relations. Is this money well spent and are the buyers maximising the benefits they get from their investment? As a leading specialist market research agency in the UK, IRN has worked with clients of all sizes and shapes, each with different levels of knowledge...
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The first quarter 2017 results of the International Passenger Survey results were published in July and showed substantial growth for both inbound and outbound tourism. The 9.9% growth in overseas residents to the UK was the highest in over ten years and reached over 8.3 million visits in the quarter. Meanwhile growth in UK resident visits abroad at 8.1% was down on the first quarter...
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In Spring 2017, IRN Research carried out one of the most in-depth pieces of research that the Bar Standard Board has ever done with barristers’ clients in family law. The research report has just been published and the findings show that most of those who took part in the research were positive about the service they received from their barrister. However, some clients referred by...
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