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Grant Shand Barristers & Solicitors

Law firm · Waltham, 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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Grant Shand Barristers & Solicitors

Law firm · Waltham, Christchurch

Where you stand#131of 216 lawyers
Overall health4.0/10across the eight areas

Going well

05Facebook page8.504Listings and social6.0

Where we can help

07Google search and traffic4.001Google listing2.903Map positions2.602Reviews2.008Opening hours2.006Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Grant Shand Barristers & Solicitors is a Christchurch-based law firm in Waltham that specialises in insurance law and EQC claims. The firm offers online claim assistance, a dedicated hotline and a free initial consultation, focusing on resolving insurance disputes and EQC matters for homeowners and claimants in the Christchurch region.

Grant Shand Barristers & Solicitors is a Christchurch law firm located in Waltham that specialises in insurance law. The practice identifies itself as expert insurance lawyers working with clients on claims and disputes, and it emphasises support for EQC-related matters and resident claimants in the city.

Services include assistance with EQC claims, general insurance law work and online claim support. The firm promotes a hotline for urgent enquiries and offers a free initial consultation to help clients start a claims process. Its website also provides information resources and a blog focused on insurance and EQC topics.

Customer feedback visible in public records is limited, with a review snapshot showing a low average rating. That snapshot indicates clients have left little public commentary overall but the numerical rating is lower than neutral, which prospective clients may note when considering the firm.

Locally, Grant Shand is positioned as a specialist insurance law practice for Christchurch residents dealing with earthquake-related and other insurance claims. The combination of EQC focus, online claim assistance and an initial free consultation is the main practical distinction it presents for homeowners and others seeking assistance with insurance disputes in the Waltham and wider Christchurch area.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Grant Shand Barristers & Solicitors shows a fragile Google Business Listing health, with a 0.7/10 score. The listing already includes a website link, phone number, full address and a main image, but lacks a claimed status, an open/closed status, a robust description and sufficient photos or a logo. Priorities are to claim the listing and update status, then add photos and a logo to improve credibility.

Strengths

  • ✓
    Open statusYour listing shows the business as trading, so customers see accurate availability and Google treats the listing as live.
  • ✓
    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.
  • ✓
    WebsiteYour listing links to your website, so a customer can move from Google to your own pages in one tap and read your account of the work before they ring.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    ClaimedYour listing is not claimed, which means anyone can suggest an edit to it and you have no way to reply to a review or correct what is shown.
  • 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 no photos on your listing, or close to none, so a customer scrolling past sees a blank where every other business shows their work.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
2.9Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Grant Shand Barristers & Solicitors shows a low overall health score for Google reviews, indicating cautious potential customers. The top findings point to no review responses yet and a need to actively gather more feedback, while the existing review activity is a small but positive start.

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.
  • 2
    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.
  • 3
    Star ratingYour rating sits well below what customers here are used to seeing, and it is the first number they compare when two businesses look otherwise equal.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing 3 of them.
2.0Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Google reviewsChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
You are #172 for your Google reviews
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Where you show up on the map

Grant Shand Barristers & Solicitors shows a low overall health score for Google Maps at 2.6/10, with some visibility in city-wide searches and a rising borough presence. Key opportunities lie in improving aggregate Maps results and further strengthening the Waltham suburb ranking to reach local midpoints and beyond.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

  • 1
    Maps visibility across the city groupYou appear in a handful of Maps searches across the suburbs around you, far fewer than most businesses here.
  • 2
    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches less often than half your suburb, so on a search from nearby you sit below businesses a customer would otherwise treat as equal.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
2.6Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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1Seen in 8 searches across Christchurch, top three in none
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Map positionsChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
You are #160 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Grant Shand Barristers & Solicitors shows an above-average social presence with a health score of 6.0 out of 10. The most notable findings are the very high trust Facebook profile and a well-maintained LinkedIn listing, while opportunities exist to build presence on Instagram, TikTok, Neighbourly, and Yellow Directory to improve local visibility for homeowners and claimants in Christchurch.

Strengths

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    Having a Facebook page at allWe found your Facebook Profile page, and the trail is strong enough that nobody would question it is yours - it is linked from something you own, or it dominates a search for your name.
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    LinkedIn ProfileWe can see your LinkedIn Profile listing (https://linkedin.com/in/grantshand) found via: Google search results.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Instagram ProfileWe could not find an active Instagram Profile profile for your business, so a customer who looks for you there finds nothing.
  • 2
    Tiktok ProfileWe could not find an active TikTok account for your business, so anyone who looks for you there finds nothing.
  • 3
    Yellow ProfileWe could not find an active Yellow Profile listing for your business, which means anyone checking you there finds nothing and moves on to whoever is listed.
16 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 5 of them.
6.0Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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InstagramNo account found1
TiktokNo account found2
YellowNo listing found3
LinkedInNo listing found✓
Listings and socialChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
You are #86 for listings and social
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Your Facebook page

Strengths

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    Where your page link pointsThe link on your page goes to a domain that is yours, so a visitor who came for the photos leaves on your terms and the enquiry lands in your inbox rather than someone else's.
  • ✓
    A page address you choseThe address on your page carries your business name, so a customer told about you at a barbecue can find the page by typing what they heard.
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    A phone numberA phone number shows on your page, so the person who found you on Facebook before they found your website can ring straight from it.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Recommendations on your pageYou hold fewer recommendations than the middle of this market.
  • 2
    What your page says about youThere is more in your intro than in half the pages here, so a visitor has a real sense of the business before they reach the photos.
  • 3
    People following your pageMore people follow your page than most in this market, which means a post can travel past your own customers when one of them shares it into a local group.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
8.5Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
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1.1K followers 3
Do you require legal assistance or help with insurance litigation? Grant Shand is a litigation lawyer specialising in Christchurch claims.2
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★ 2 reviews · recommended 1
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☎ +64 800 474 263✓
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Facebook pageChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
You are #34 for your Facebook page
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Your website

Overall health is very high, indicating strong on-page optimisation for the homepage. The most notable strengths are a well aligned meta description and a valid H1 tag, which support discoverability and relevance for insurance and EQC matters in Christchurch.

Strengths

  • ✓
    Meta descriptionYour search summary sits in the length that reads in full on most screens, which is as far as length alone can take it - a narrow phone still cuts the tail off a line this size.
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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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    FaviconThe tab your site opens in carries your own icon, so a customer with a dozen tabs going can find their way back to you by sight.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    On-page scoreThe basics on your home page are half in place: it opens and it reads, but enough checks still fail that a customer on a phone away from wifi notices the wait before they notice the business.
  • 2
    Domain HealthYour site answers, but something did not check out - an insecure link, a redirect chain, a domain shared with other businesses, or a listing pointing at a social page.
  • 3
    Separate sites linking to youMore separate websites link to you than half the businesses here, so a reasonable spread of places vouch for you.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
-Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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1On-page score
3Separate sites linking to you
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How people find you on Google

Grant Shand Barristers & Solicitors shows a mixed health in Website Traffic with a score of 4.4 out of 10, indicating average overall health. The strongest signal is organic traffic momentum above the 25th percentile, while paid activity remains underdeveloped. Key opportunities focus on initiating targeted paid campaigns and expanding paid keyword presence, alongside continued SEO refinements.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    What that traffic is worthThe search visitors reaching your site are worth less than most businesses here, which means the work coming in arrives through word of mouth and repeat customers rather than through people searching for what you do.
  • 2
    What you spend on adsWe can see no paid search activity for your site, which in most local markets is the norm rather than a gap.
  • 3
    Monthly ad visitsYour site receives no visitors from paid search, which for most local businesses in this market is the norm rather than a problem.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
4.0Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Grant Shand Barristers & SolicitorsNot in these results
1About 95 visits a month from search, across 16 searches
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You are #129 for Google search and traffic
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Your hours against demand

Grant Shand Barristers & Solicitors has no recorded opening-hours, so temporal alignment with Christchurch customer demand cannot be measured and the health score is 0.0. Without published hours it is impossible to identify when the firm is open during high-demand search windows or closed during peak times. Adding clear hours will reveal alignment and reduce missed opportunities.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    Hours aligned with demandWe could not measure your hours against local demand, which almost always means your listing shows no opening hours at all.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
2.0Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Hours
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02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page3 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#131of 216 Christchurch lawyers
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