IRN Research: UK Legal Services Market Intelligence Reports Annual Subscription – £1,400

All our regular legal market research reports are available in a discounted annual subscription. Each PDF report offers a market overview, an analysis of key trends and issues, key supplier profiles, market forecasts and an analysis of original research on the market from IRN.  The research reports cover:

• Clinical Negligence, £200
• Conveyancing, £200
• Personal Injury £200
• Wills & Probate £200
• Family Law £200
• UK Business Law £250
• UK Legal Services Market £400
• UK Medico-Legal & Insurance Market £200
• COMBINED SUBSCRIPTION TO ALL OF THE ABOVE plus the UK Monthly Legal Market Trends bulletin – £1,400 (plus VAT)

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UK Legal Services Market Report 2019, 9^th edition:

Now in its 9th annual edition, the UK Legal Services Market Trends Report provides a unique detailed market review and analysis of the UK legal services market.

The UK legal services market was valued at £35.1bn in 2018, increasing by 6.3% at current prices on the previous year. When inflation is taken into account then market value increased by 3.7% (constant prices). The number of law firms in the UK has stabilised in recent years at around 12,000, although the business model is changing: almost half of all firms are now incorporated companies and the traditional partnership model has declined dramatically. There are almost 1,300 firms operating as Alternative Business Structures (ABS) in England and Wales, compared to an overall total of over 10,000 law firms in England and Wales.

By far the largest segment in the UK market is legal work for business and commercial affairs (including commercial property) accounting for almost half of total market revenue in 2018 (nearly 47%) and most of the high-value work in this segment is undertaken by the larger law firms. The largest consumer law segment is personal injury/accident/medical negligence work contributing an estimated 11% of UK market revenue, despite the sector facing falling claims numbers and the repercussions of the ban on referral fees.

These and may other facts and findings are presented in this year’s report.

The full report, The UK Legal Services Market 2019 (92pp, 37 figures/tables PDF), is available directly from IRN Research, priced at £400. UK sterling price is plus VAT so total price is £480.

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The Legal Landscape – AN EVER CHANGING PICTURE

The graphic summarises the legal landscape in England and Wales, almost four years after the Legal Services Act came into force. Download our free graphic/description.

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Family Law Market Data Report 2019

The UK Family Law Market Trends Report is the fifth edition of an annual report from IRN Research and provides an overview of the UK family law market.

The market bounced back in 2015, after a weak performance in 2014 following the reductions in legal aid, and continued to grow in 2016 and 2017. In 2018, the value of the market grew by an estimated 3.8%, a slightly higher level than the 3.2% recorded in 2017.

The UK family law market value is forecast to increase steadily over the next five years. While divorce cases are expected to increase in 2018, we are anticipating a longer term decline in divorce cases but growth is likely to come from some rises in legal costs, and work in other areas, e.g. legal work for co-habitating couples/civil partnerships, Children Act work, domestic violence work.

The briefing (47pp, PDF), is available directly from IRN Research, priced at £200. UK sterling price is plus VAT so total price is £240.

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UK Business Legal Services Market Report 2018 – IRN Legal Market Briefing

The UK Business Legal Services Market Report is the second edition of an annual Legal Market Report from IRN Research and provides an overview of the market and its core market segments. New content this year includes:

• A survey of 180 UK businesses (90 large/90 SME) on use of, and perceptions of, legal advisers.
• Analysis of the top 200 law firms, and leading chambers, and the specific verticals they advise.

UK-based business law firms and chambers generated revenues of over £15 billion in 2017, an increase of 4% on 2016 revenues. The two main segments of the business legal market are corporate/ commercial law and dispute resolution/litigation. Other important market segments are employment law, commercial property, mergers & acquisitions, and patents and trademarks.

This report looks at the market structure, recent trends, market size, market forecasts and analyses the results of the business user survey. There are also separate sections on the main sectors of the market.

The report (60pp, PDF), is available directly from IRN Research, priced at £350. UK sterling price is plus VAT so total price is £420. US$ price is US$500.

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UK Personal Injury Market 2018 – IRN Legal Market Briefing

The UK Personal Injury Market Briefing 2018 is the fifth edition of an annual Legal Market Briefing from IRN Research and provides an overview of the UK personal injury and clinical negligence markets.

The personal injury market is a large market, worth almost £4bn annually but  it is struggling to generate any real growth. The new legislation set for April 2020 (increasing small claim limit for PI claims, introducing a range of fixed costs tariffs, encouraging more litigants in person) will negatively impact on the revenues and margins of PI law firms and claims management companies (CMCs). Despite the above outlook,  IRN Research expects the PI market to grow modestly in value terms in 2018 and 2019 but it is likely to decline in 2020 as the new rules start to have an impact.  In the next year or so, it is likely that PI law firms and CMCs will embark on contingency plans and strategies ready for the 2020 reforms.

The briefing (59pp, PDF), is available directly from IRN Research, priced at £200. UK sterling price is plus VAT so total price is £240.

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UK Wills, Trusts & Probate Market 2018 – IRN Legal Market Briefing

The UK Wills, Trusts & Probate Market Briefing is the fifth in a series of annual Legal Market Briefings from IRN Research and provides an overview of the UK wills, trusts and probate market. This report has been expanded since the last, including coverage of trusts and estate administration and more detailed market size information.

The wills, trusts and probate market was worth over £1.2 billion in 2017. It is highly fragmented and served by thousands of mainly small providers, often unregulated. An IRN Research consumer survey in October 2018 found that when getting professional legal help making a will, over 60% of consumers still use a solicitor/law firm, and when getting legal help arranging probate almost 8 out of 10 consumers use a solicitor or law firm. Most people only think about making a will as they get older so penetration of wills has remained around 40% of adults year-on-year. Even so, in IRN Research’s 2018 Survey of Practitioners in the sector, almost 7 out of 10 are expecting increased workload in the next 12 months.

The report (50pp, PDF), is available directly from IRN Research, priced at £200. UK sterling price is plus VAT so total price is £240.

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