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D J Ballantyne | Barrister

Barrister · Christchurch Centre, 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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D J Ballantyne | Barrister

Barrister · Christchurch Centre, Christchurch

Where you stand#178of 216 lawyers
Overall health1.8/10across the eight areas

Going well

08Opening hours9.4

Where we can help

01Google listing5.405Facebook page5.102Reviews2.004Listings and social1.203Map positions0.607Google search and traffic0.006Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

D J Ballantyne | Barrister is a Christchurch Central City legal practice providing specialist barrister services. David Ballantyne focuses on civil and commercial litigation, insolvency, property, relationship property, employment, immigration, and trust and estate matters. The practice offers strategic legal advice and representation for clients in Christchurch and across New Zealand.

D J Ballantyne | Barrister practices from Christchurch Central City offering specialist barrister services across a broad range of areas. David Ballantyne handles civil and commercial litigation, insolvency, property, relationship property, employment, immigration, and trust and estate matters for clients in Christchurch and elsewhere in New Zealand.

The practice is focused on providing strategic legal advice and courtroom representation. Services emphasise litigation and dispute resolution, together with insolvency and commercial work, property and relationship property matters, employment and immigration law, and trust and estate issues. The description provided highlights an emphasis on effective representation and strategic thinking.

Clients engage D J Ballantyne | Barrister seeking clear legal strategy and representation in contested matters. The practice's stated approach centres on achieving practical outcomes and delivering considered advice in complex disputes. Clients can expect a barrister-led perspective on court work and legal strategy for commercial and personal matters.

Located in Christchurch Central City, D J Ballantyne | Barrister positions itself as a specialist resource for litigated and advisory matters across multiple practice areas. The combination of civil and commercial litigation expertise with insolvency, property and family property work defines its local offering for individuals and organisations requiring barrister services.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

The overall health is 5.5 out of 10, indicating average completeness and optimisation for the Google listing. The business has claimed status, a website link, a visible title, an open-for-business status, and a phone number, which support basic customer access. Key opportunities include adding a logo to strengthen branding and continuing to add fresh photos to lift engagement.

Strengths

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    Open statusYour listing shows the business as trading, so customers see accurate availability and Google treats the listing as live.
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    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.
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    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

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    LogoYour listing has no logo, so in a list of local results yours is the one with a blank space where every competitor has a mark.
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    Category fitYour categories cover less of this market than nearly every competitor, so someone searching for a job you actually do is shown a list your listing was never entered into.
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    Photos on the listingThere are more pictures on most listings around you than on yours, so a customer flicking between them gets a fuller look at the businesses either side of you.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
5.4Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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From the business

David Ballantyne, D J Ballantyne | Barrister provides expert legal representation in New Zealand. Specialising in civil and commercial litigation, insolvency, property, relationship property, employment, immigration, and trust and estate matters, David offers strategic advice and effective representation. With a focus on achieving real results for clients, contact D J Ballantyne | Barrister.

Google listingChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

D J Ballantyne | Barrister shows very low overall health in Google review metrics, indicating customer trust is fragile. Key findings include a very low health score (0.9/10) and few or no reviews, plus no responses to existing reviews. Together these limit credibility and discourage potential clients until engagement improves and more positive feedback accumulates.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Review confidenceYour rating and your review count together put you at the bottom of this market - either the rating is low, or there are too few reviews behind it for anyone to trust it.
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    Star ratingYou have no star rating yet, so a customer scanning results sees an empty space where every other business shows a number.
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    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.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing 3 of them.
2.0Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Google reviewsChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
You are #174 for your Google reviews
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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

D J Ballantyne | Barrister shows very low overall Google Maps health, with a 0.5 out of 10. This indicates limited visibility but some presence in broader maps queries. Top keywords show the practice ranking well for "barrister in dallington" (position 7) and "barrister in selwyn district north" (position 12), suggesting focus areas for improvement.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

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    Maps visibility across the city groupYou appear in a handful of Maps searches across the suburbs around you, far fewer than most businesses here.
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    Maps visibility in your own suburbWe are not seeing you in Maps searches in your own suburb, which is the search a customer standing a street away actually makes.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
0.6Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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1Seen in 2 searches across Christchurch, top three in none
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Map positionsChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
You are #204 for map positions
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Where customers find you

The business shows a low overall health score for Citations & Social Presence, highlighting limited active social profiles and directory listings. The strongest area is LinkedIn, where the profile exists and is up to date, suggesting credibility with professional audiences. Key opportunities include activating profiles on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and adding Neighbourly and Yellow Directory listings to improve local visibility and trust.

Strengths

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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.
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    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 3 of them.
1.2Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Listings and socialChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
You are #190 for listings and social
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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
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06Your websiteMarketbase business report

Your website

The on-page health for D J Ballantyne | Barrister is low, with a 2.6 out of 10. The most impactful findings are missing meta description and a less-than-ideal title tag length, plus a missing favicon. However, there are strengths such as a present H1 tag, a relevant title tag, a sub-3 second page load and a condensed page size, which support quick access and clarity for visitors.

Strengths

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    Domain UniquenessYour web address is yours alone, so everything your site earns - links, mentions, search standing - accumulates under your name and stays with the business.
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    Page load speedYour home page appears in under three seconds, so someone tapping through from a search result meets your business rather than a blank screen while they decide whether to wait.
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    Page file sizeYour home page is light enough to open quickly on a phone with a weak signal, which is where most people meet a local business for the first time.

Top three opportunities

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    Meta descriptionYour pages carry no summary line of your own, so the two lines under your name in search results are whatever Google decides best fits the search.
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    Separate sites linking to youOnly a handful of separate websites link to yours, well behind most of this market.
  • 3
    Page titleThe headline on your home page is either a single word or long enough that a search result cuts it off part way through.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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What customers seeWhere you rank
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How people find you on Google

The website traffic health for D J Ballantyne | Barrister is very low, with a health score of 0.9 out of 10. This indicates substantial room for improvement across both organic and paid channels. Key findings show near-zero earned organic traffic value and no positive organic traffic, along with no measurable paid traffic yet.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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    What that traffic is worthSearch is delivering you nothing you would otherwise have to pay for.
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    Monthly search visitsYour site draws no measurable visitors from search, so the only people reaching it are ones you sent yourself.
  • 3
    Search terms you rank forYour site does not appear in search results for any terms we can measure, so nobody is finding it by searching for what you do.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
0.0Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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21About 0 visits a month from search, across 0 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
You are #159 for Google search and traffic
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08Opening hoursMarketbase business report

Your hours against demand

D J Ballantyne | Barrister's opening hours align with several strong weekday lunchtime and mid-morning demand peaks, notably Tuesday 12-1pm and Thursday 10-11am. The practice is closed during a number of popular weekend and early/late windows - including Saturday mornings and Sunday afternoons - which represent missed client opportunities. There are no open hours during low-demand periods, so hours appear efficient but could be adjusted to capture unmet demand.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 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
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D J Ballantyne | Barrister
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Hours 1
Monday9am-5pm
Tuesday9am-5pm
Wednesday9am-5pm
Thursday9am-5pm
Friday9am-5pm
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed
Popular times Sunday · Christchurch Centre
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01Google listing3 opportunities

02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page1 opportunity

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#178of 216 Christchurch lawyers
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Christchurch lawyersOverall · 216 businesses
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