Flying Gunman - what do you mean when you say "If you have a CAA ppl with an IMC you get 12 hours exemption of the approved JAA IR course.If you have a JAA ppl with an IMC you get nothing!.It is wrong what you have been told about ppl/IR.AnIR is an IR full stop."
That's the whole point about getting the reduction for an IMC rating. Unless you have a CAA CPL, you have to do it as a PPL/IR.