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Continued price growth for legal activities
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2008-06-04T10:00:00.000Z
Prices and price indices;Establishments, enterprises and accounts
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Legal activities, price index, Q1 2008

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Continued price growth for legal activities

Prices of legal activities rose for all types of clients in the first quarter of 2008. Business clients had the largest increase, while the increase for private clients was more moderate.

Legal activities, price index. 2005=100

In the first quarter of 2008, the total index for legal activities rose by 4.4 per cent compared with the corresponding quarter in 2007. The price development so far in 2008 indicates that the prices of legal activities continue to increase. Compared with the first quarter of 2007, the prices increased for all three types of clients. With an increase of 4.6 per cent, business clients had the strongest increase. For foreign clients the increase was 4.2 per cent. Private clients experienced a more moderate increase of 3.0 per cent. Compared with the fourth quarter of 2007, the price index for private clients remained unchanged.

Legal activities, price index 1st quarter 2005-1st quarter 2008. 2005=100
Period Prices Sub indices
Total index Change from
same quarter
in the
previous year,
per cent 		Foreign
clients 		Private
clients 		Business
clients
2005          
1. quarter 99.3   99.6 99.5 99.2
2. quarter 99.7   99.6  100.7 99.5
3. quarter  100.2   99.6  100.5  100.4
4. quarter  100.7    101.2 99.3  100.9
           
2006          
1. quarter  102.9 3.6  106.2  100.6  103.0
2. quarter  104.2 4.5  106.1  102.3  104.5
3. quarter  104.8 4.6  105.9  102.4  105.3
4. quarter  105.1 4.3  106.2  103.4  105.5
           
2007          
1. quarter  108.1 5.0  110.6  105.4  108.3
2. quarter  108.8 4.4  110.9  107.0  109.3
3. quarter  109.6 4.6  111.8  108.1  110.0
4. quarter  111.3 6.0  113.2  108.6  111.9
           
2008          
1. quarter  112.8 4.4  115.3  108.6  113.3

About the industry

The legal activities industry consisted of 2 410 establishments in 2006. These establishments employed 7 159 people and had a turnover of over NOK 8.4 billion, according to Statistics Norway’s structural statistics.

Data sources

Statistics Norway receives data from about 90 establishments in the industry.

Analysis

The establishments are divided into three size strata. For each establishment, price changes (ratios) from the price reference period to the statistical period are calculated. The individual price changes are aggregated and weighed according to the establishment’s size stratum, type of employee, type of client and type of case (civil or criminal law) in that order. All price changes are included in the total index. The weights used are calculated from turnover in each of the categories mentioned above. Turnover data are collected annually in the Classification of Products by Activity survey.

The price measured

The price measured in this index is average charge-out rates per hour (the respondents are asked to report invoiced rates if available or alternatively to use list prices), excl. VAT.

Time of measurement

The statistics consist of all transactions in the quarter in question.

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