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McGillivray Callaghan & Co

Lawyer · Russley, Christchurch

What your customers see when they look for you, and where that puts you among 216 Christchurch lawyers.

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Checked12 October 2026
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McGillivray Callaghan & Co

Lawyer · Russley, Christchurch

Where you stand#164of 216 lawyers
Overall health2.4/10across the eight areas

Going well

08Opening hours9.403Map positions8.102Reviews6.2

Where we can help

05Facebook page5.101Google listing3.404Listings and social3.307Google search and traffic0.006Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

McGillivray Callaghan & Co is a law firm based in Russley, Christchurch, providing legal services through Brendan and a small team. The firm specialises in property and general legal matters and is known in reviews for professional, reasonable service and attentive staff who aim to make processes like first-home purchases straightforward and cost effective.

McGillivray Callaghan & Co is a Christchurch law firm located in Russley. The practice operates under Brendan and his team, offering legal services to clients in the local area.

The firm handles property-related matters and a range of general legal work, drawing on experience that clients describe as practical and straightforward. Services emphasise clear advice and cost-effective approaches to common legal transactions.

Clients consistently describe professional, reasonable service and highlight the staff's friendly, patient manner. Reviews note that the team aims to reduce anxiety during processes such as first-home purchases, and that communication and care are focal points of the client experience.

Locally, McGillivray Callaghan & Co is distinguished by a small-team approach centred on Brendan and accessible, client-focused service. For Christchurch clients seeking a Russley-based lawyer, the firm presents a combination of practical legal support and attentive client care.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

McGillivray Callaghan & Co shows a below-average health on Google Business, with room for improvement in key areas. The listing is claimed, has a phone number and full address, and displays open status, which helps customers reach and locate the firm. The main gaps are no website link, a sparse description, and only starter photo uploads, affecting discoverability and engagement.

Strengths

  • ✓
    Open statusYour listing shows the business as trading, so customers see accurate availability and Google treats the listing as live.
  • ✓
    ClaimedYour listing is claimed, so you control what it says, you can reply to reviews, and edits suggested by the public come to you first.
  • ✓
    NameYour business name is showing on the listing, so a customer searching for you by name finds you, and everything else on the listing hangs off it.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    WebsiteYour listing has no website link, so a customer who wants to check your prices or your work before ringing has nowhere to go from Google.
  • 2
    Description lengthThere is no real description on your listing, so when someone finds you on Google there is nothing in your own words telling them what you do.
  • 3
    Photos on the listingYou have fewer photos than nearly every business here, so a customer comparing you against them builds a picture of their work and guesses at yours.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
3.4Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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4.7 ★★★★★ (12)
Lawyer · Russley
Open 5 days ✓
DirectionsCall No website 1
OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
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No description yet2
Google listingChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

McGillivray Callaghan & Co shows an above-average health score for Google reviews, indicating solid review activity and decent engagement. The strongest opportunity lies in improving response rate to reviews, which can boost customer trust, while continuing to grow total reviews and maintaining rating confidence. Overall health remains positive with room to strengthen owner engagement.

Strengths

  • ✓
    Review confidenceYour rating and your review count together sit ahead of half the field here, so a customer has enough to go on and no reason to hesitate.
  • ✓
    Star ratingYour rating sits ahead of half the businesses here, so the number is not pushing anyone away.

Top two opportunities

  • 1
    Response rateNone of your reviews have a reply, which means a customer reading them sees your happiest and your angriest customers with nothing from you in between.
  • 2
    Review countYour review count sits under the middle of this market, so you are readable to a customer without yet being convincing.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing all of them.
6.2Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
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✓How far your rating and your review count together can be trusted
Google reviewsChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
You are #83 for your Google reviews
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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

McGillivray Callaghan & Co shows a very high overall health in Maps Search Performance, with strong borough visibility and solid rankings across key local terms. The top findings include an outstanding borough-specific score in Russley and multiple top-1 rankings for common practice areas, indicating the firm is well positioned in local searches. Opportunities lie in broadening suburb coverage.

Strengths

  • ✓
    Maps visibility in your own suburbNo business in your suburb turns up in local Maps searches more often than you do - for a customer searching nearby, you are among the first names on the screen.

Room to climb

  • 1
    Maps visibility across the city groupYou turn up across more of the surrounding suburbs than the middle of the field, so customers searching from outside your own patch are finding you.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
8.1Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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McGillivray Callaghan & Co✓4.7 ★ (12) · Lawyer
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Roger Bensley - Kannangara Thomson5.0 ★ (3) · Lawyer
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Shalom Law5.0 ★ (7) · Lawyer
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Ian Robertson & Co Lawyers5.0 ★ (11) · Lawyer
Map positionsChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
You are #42 for map positions
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04Listings and socialMarketbase business report

Where customers find you

McGillivray Callaghan & Co shows below-average social and directory presence with a health score of 3.9. The strongest current finding is an active Neighbourly profile that helps reach local customers. Primary opportunities focus on adding or improving Instagram and Facebook, and possibly TikTok and directory listings to widen reach and trust.

Strengths

  • ✓
    Neighbourly ProfileWe can see your Neighbourly Profile listing (https://www.neighbourly.co.nz/business/mcgillivray-callaghan-co) found via: Google search results.
  • ✓
    White Pages ListingWe can see your White Pages Listing listing (https://whitepages.co.nz/mcgillivray-callaghan-co-russley) found via: Google search results.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Having a Facebook page at allWe could not find an active Facebook Profile page for your business, so anyone who goes there to check your hours, read your posts or send a message lands on nothing.
  • 2
    Instagram ProfileWe could not find an active Instagram Profile profile for your business, so a customer who looks for you there finds nothing.
  • 3
    Tiktok ProfileWe could not find an active TikTok account for your business, so anyone who looks for you there finds nothing.
16 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 5 of them.
3.3Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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FacebookNo account found1
InstagramNo account found2
TiktokNo account found3
Listings and socialChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
You are #145 for listings and social
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05Facebook pageMarketbase business report

Your Facebook page

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    Facebook pageCriticalWe could not find an active Facebook Profile page for your business, so anyone who goes there to check your hours, read your posts or send a message lands on nothing. Shown at a typical score for this market.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 1 of them.
5.1Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Facebook pageChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
You are #106 for your Facebook page
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Your website

Strengths

Your first one is close. Sort an opportunity below and it moves up here.

Top opportunity

  • 1
    WebsiteCriticalYour website did not come back healthy when we tried it, and anyone clicking through from your Google listing is meeting whatever we met. Shown at a typical score for this market.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 1 of them.
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What customers seeWhere you rank
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Your websiteNo website of your own1
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How people find you on Google

Strengths

Your first one is close. Sort an opportunity below and it moves up here.

Top opportunity

  • 1
    Nothing to find yetCriticalWith no website, there is nothing for Google to send a searcher to, so nobody looking for a lawyer near you reaches you through search.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 1 of them.
0.0Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Google search and trafficChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
You are #159 for Google search and traffic
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Your hours against demand

McGillivray Callaghan & Co's published hours show strong alignment with weekday midday demand, with open hours covering several high-traffic windows (Tuesday 12-1pm, Wednesday 12pm, Thursday 10-11am). There are notable missed opportunities at weekend and early-morning peaks, including Saturday 10am, Sunday 1-2pm and Friday 8am. No hours are open during low-demand windows, suggesting hours are generally efficient but could be tweaked for weekend or early-morning coverage.

Strengths

Close to the top. Every check here is on track or better. Take one to the top and it moves up here.

Room to climb

  • 1
    Hours aligned with demandYour hours cover more of the busy stretches than the middle of the field, so you are open for most of the searching that happens near you.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
9.4Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
McGillivray Callaghan & Co
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Hours 1
Monday8:30am-5pm
Tuesday8:30am-5pm
Wednesday8:30am-5pm
Thursday8:30am-5pm
Friday8:30am-5pm
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed
Popular times Sunday · Christchurch
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01Google listing3 opportunities

02Reviews2 opportunities

03Map positions1 opportunity

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page1 opportunity

06Your website1 opportunity

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#164of 216 Christchurch lawyers
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Christchurch lawyersOverall · 216 businesses
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