UK Legal Services Market Report

Content

• Executive Summary
• 1. Industry Overview
  • 1.1 Report Coverage & Introduction
  • 1.2 Market Size
  • 1.3 Market Characteristics and Trends
  • 1.4 Market Segmentation
  • 1.5 Industry Structure
  • 1.6 Solicitor Numbers
• 2. Key Trends
  • 2.1 Legal Services Act 2007
  • 2.2 Alternative Business Structures (ABS) & Legal Disciplinary Practices (LDPs)
  • 2.3 Post Legal Services Act 2007 Initiatives
  • 2.4 Legal Services in Scotland
  • 2.5 The High Street Brands
  • 2.6 Legal Aid Review
  • 2.7 Community Legal Advice Centres (CLACs)
  • 2.8 Legal Fees
  • 2.9 Home Information Packs (HIPs)
  • 2.10 E-conveyancing
  • 2.11 Personal Injury Claims
  • 2.12 Claims Management Companies
• 3. Selected Bodies and Associations in Legal Services
• 4. PEST Analysis
  • 4.1 Political
  • 4.2 Economic
  • 4.3 Social
  • 4.4 Technological
• 5. IRN Consumer Research
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 Key Survey Results
    • 5.2.1 Channels Used to Find Legal Advice
    • 5.2.2 Results by Age
    • 5.2.3 Results by Social Class
    • 5.2.4 Ratings of Law Firms and Solicitors Used
• 6. Competitive Structure
  • 6.1 The Marketplace
  • 6.2 Leading Law Firms
  • 6.3 Law Firm Profiles
    • Clifford Chance
    • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
    • Linklaters
    • Allen & Overy
    • Lovells
    • Eversheds
    • DLA Piper
    • Slaughter & May
    • Herbert Smith
    • Ashurst
    • Other Law Firms
    • Norton Rose
    • Simmons & Simmons
    • Denton Wilde Sapte
    • CMS Cameron McKenna
    • Hammonds
    • Addleshaw Goddard
    • SJ Berwin
    • Pinsent Masons
    • Berwin Leighton Paisner
    • Taylor Wessing
    • Clyde & Co
    • Irwin Mitchell
  • 6.4 Local Law Markets and Key Firms
    • 6.4.1 Scotland
    • 6.4.2 Birmingham
    • 6.4.3 Cardiff
    • 6.4.4 Manchester
  • 6.5 Marketing Activity
• 7. Future Trends
  • 7.1 General Trends
  • 7.2 Forecasts 2008-2009
  • 7.3 Summary of Future Market Influences