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Kathryn Vesty Law

Legal services · Riccarton, 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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Kathryn Vesty Law

Legal services · Riccarton, Christchurch

Where you stand#149of 216 lawyers
Overall health3.1/10across the eight areas

Going well

07Google search and traffic10.0

Where we can help

03Map positions5.505Facebook page5.104Listings and social4.202Reviews2.301Google listing2.108Opening hours2.006Your website-
How AI describes youMarketbase business report

What AI tells people about you

Kathryn Vesty Law is a Riccarton-based law practice in Christchurch that focuses on family law matters. Kathryn Vesty operates a family law section and provides legal advice and representation to clients in domestic and family disputes. The firm is described as straightforward and task-focused, with a local presence serving Riccarton and greater Christchurch clients.

Kathryn Vesty Law is a law practice located in Riccarton, Christchurch, that focuses on family law. The practice presents a family law section on its website and serves clients in domestic and family disputes from its Riccarton base.

The practice's stated focus is family law. Its online presence emphasises the family law section, indicating work in areas commonly associated with family legal matters. The website content shown centres on that area rather than a broader mix of legal services.

Client feedback shows a mix of experiences. Several reviewers describe Kathryn as a no-nonsense advocate who works quickly and gets the job done, reflecting an efficient and direct approach to legal work. One review expresses a strongly negative view and accuses the lawyer of having an agenda, showing that experiences can vary markedly between clients.

Locally, Kathryn Vesty Law is notable for offering family law support within the Riccarton neighbourhood of Christchurch and for a straightforward, task-focused style that some clients value. Prospective clients seeking family law assistance in Riccarton or Christchurch will find a practice concentrated on domestic and family matters, with a range of client experiences reflected in online reviews.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Kathryn Vesty Law's Google Business Listing shows a very low health score overall, reflecting gaps in core listing details. Key strengths include a working website link, a visible listing title, a phone number, a full address and a main image, which help customers find and contact the firm.

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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    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.
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    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.
2.1Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Kathryn Vesty Law shows a low health score (2.3/10) for Google Business reviews, indicating limited engagement and visibility. The most important findings are: a rising but still low overall rating and a zero response rate to reviews. Progress is evident in rating but response engagement remains a key gap that affects trust and perceived responsiveness.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Review confidenceRating and review volume together sit well behind this market, which means a customer comparing you has both halves of the picture reading thin.
  • 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.
2.3Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Google reviewsChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
You are #167 for your Google reviews
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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

Kathryn Vesty Law shows moderate visibility in Google Maps with an overall health score of 5.6 out of 10. The strongest performance is in ranking for family and general practice law in Riccarton, with several top results in that area. Opportunities lie in improving broader aggregate maps rankings and maintaining momentum in the Riccarton borough to reach top performers.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

  • 1
    Maps visibility across the city groupYou turn up across fewer of the surrounding suburbs than half the businesses here, so someone two suburbs over searching for your service is shown your competitors and never sees your name.
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    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches more often than the middle of your suburb, so a customer searching nearby is likely to see you in the first handful.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
5.5Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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1Seen in 7 searches across Christchurch, top three in none
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Parry Field Lawyers Riccarton4.6 ★ (57) · Legal services
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Weston Ward & Lascelles4.3 ★ (65) · Legal services
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J & Co Legal5.0 ★ (13) · Legal services
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Saunders & Co Christchurch4.9 ★ (540) · Legal services
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Map positionsChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
You are #97 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Kathryn Vesty Law shows a low health score for social presence with room for growth across key platforms. The strongest already-completed item is a LinkedIn Company listing, which helps professional reach, but there is no active presence on other major platforms. Focusing on consistent profiles across LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and directory listings will improve visibility and trust with local clients.

Strengths

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    LinkedIn CompanyWe can see your LinkedIn Company listing (https://linkedin.com/company/660379) found via: Your website.
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    White Pages ListingWe can see your White Pages Listing listing (https://whitepages.co.nz/kathryn-vesty-law-riccarton) found via: Google search results.
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    ServiceFinder ProfileWe can see your ServiceFinder Profile listing (https://servicefinder.co.nz/Kathryn-Vesty-Law-187488) 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 6 of them.
4.2Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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FacebookNo account found1
InstagramNo account found2
TiktokNo account found3
LinkedInNo listing found✓
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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
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Your website

Kathryn Vesty Law shows a low overall on-page SEO health, with a 2.7 out of 10 score. The findings indicate strong favicon, a relevant title tag, a small page under 256KB, and a relevant meta description, plus HTTPS-secure resources. Primary concerns are missing meta description, suboptimal title length, and render-blocking resources that affect load times and crawl efficiency.

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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    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.
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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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    Separate sites linking to youNo separate website links to yours.
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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.
  • 3
    On-page scoreSeveral checks on your home page fail at once, and a visitor meets all of them in the first few seconds: a slow open, no clear heading, nothing under your name in search that says what you do.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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How people find you on Google

Kathryn Vesty Law shows a very healthy website traffic profile, with strong organic momentum and paid visibility. The overall health is exceptional, indicating steady reach from local clients and solid paid performance. The standout finding is the exceptionally high organic traffic value and paid traffic position, supported by broad local keyword coverage.

Strengths

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    What that traffic is worthThe search visitors reaching your site are worth more than almost any business in this market - an enquiry stream with no cost per click behind it.
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    Monthly search visitsYour site draws more visitors from search than almost any business in this market - a stream of enquiries arriving at no cost per visit.
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    Search terms you rank forYour site appears for more search terms than almost any business in this market, so there are more ways to find you than to find anyone else here.

Top two opportunities

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    What you spend on adsYour paid search activity is smaller than the middle of the businesses advertising here.
  • 2
    Search terms you advertise onYour ads cover more search terms than most businesses advertising here, which puts you at the top of a wide range of searches.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 5 of them.
10.0Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Your hours against demand

Kathryn Vesty Law has no recorded opening hours, so temporal alignment with local demand cannot be measured. No hours are identified as open during peak demand or closed during peak times. Publishing accurate business hours is the first step. Once hours are added, the practice can compare them to typical weekday daytime demand and consider limited after-hours or appointment-only evening slots to better match client needs.

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
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02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page1 opportunity

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic2 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#149of 216 Christchurch lawyers
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