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St Martins Law Limited

Lawyer · St Martins, 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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St Martins Law Limited

Lawyer · St Martins, Christchurch

Where you stand#65of 216 lawyers
Overall health7.0/10across the eight areas

Going well

08Opening hours9.403Map positions8.502Reviews7.401Google listing6.107Google search and traffic6.0

Where we can help

05Facebook page5.104Listings and social3.806Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

St Martins Law Limited is a Christchurch law firm based in St Martins, offering a range of legal services including business and commercial law, family trusts and succession planning. The practice has served the local community for over 30 years and presents itself as a casual, cost-conscious option where clients can expect approachable, practical legal help.

St Martins Law Limited is a law firm located in the St Martins neighbourhood of Christchurch. The firm states it has been part of the local community for over 30 years and presents a casual, comfortable office environment while offering fee-conscious legal support.

The practice lists a range of services including business and commercial law, family trusts, succession planning and other general legal work. It also assists with property transactions for first-time buyers, regular investors and property developers, and offers more extensive future planning for higher-asset or business owners.

Clients commonly describe the team as friendly, approachable and efficient, and reviews highlight staff members by name for helpful service during stressful transactions. The review snapshot emphasises a consistently positive client experience and a reputation for clear communication and practical support through buying or planning processes.

Locally, St Martins Law Limited is presented as a long-standing Christchurch legal practice that combines general commercial and property capability with personal estate and trust planning. That mix of services, a community focus and a track record of client-focused interactions are the practical features that distinguish the firm in the St Martins area.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

St Martins Law Limited shows a solid health score with several solid listings achievements. The profile includes a claimed status, a website link, a visible listing title, open-for-business status, and a phone number, supporting accessible customer contact. The main improvement is a brief or missing description that explains services and differentiators to prospective clients.

Strengths

  • ✓
    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

  • 1
    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.
  • 2
    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.
  • 3
    Photos on the listingYou have more photos on your listing than half the businesses here, so a customer arriving has enough to look at that they stay on it.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
6.1Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
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4.6 ★★★★★ (25)
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No description yet1
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

St Martins Law Limited shows a healthy Google review profile with a 7.5/10 health score and strong review volume. The business has solid ratings momentum and a good base of reviews, but there is no owner response yet to public feedback. The key opportunities focus on improving engagement by replying to reviews while continuing to maintain rating confidence and volume.

Strengths

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Top three 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 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.
  • 3
    Star ratingYour rating sits ahead of half the businesses here, so the number is not pushing anyone away.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing 3 of them.
7.4Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
St Martins Law Limited
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4.6★★★★★25 reviews
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2How far your rating and your review count together can be trusted
Google reviewsChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
You are #56 for your Google reviews
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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

St Martins Law Limited shows a very high health score for Maps Search Performance, indicating strong local visibility. The firm ranks well in borough searches and dominates key local terms such as barrister and business attorney in St Martins, Opawa and Beckenham, with top positions across several civil and conveyancer keywords.

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.

Top opportunity

  • 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.
8.5Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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1Top three for "conveyancer" in 6 suburbs, seen in 18
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St Martins Law Limited✓4.6 ★ (25) · Lawyer
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Streamline Property Conveyancing5.0 ★ (139) · Lawyer
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Saunders & Co Ferrymead4.8 ★ (46) · Lawyer
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Absolut Legal5.0 ★ (219) · Lawyer
Map positionsChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
You are #33 for map positions
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Where customers find you

St Martins Law Limited shows a below-average health score of 4.0 out of 10 for its social and directory presence, indicating limited visibility among local customers. The strongest recent finding is a LinkedIn profile that helps reach professionals, but there is no active presence on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, or relevant directories yet.

Strengths

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    Top Lawyers ListingWe can see your Top Lawyers Listing listing (https://toplawyers.co.nz/st-martins-law-limited-christchurch) found via: Google search results.
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    Lawzana LawyerWe can see your Lawzana Lawyer listing (https://lawzana.com/st-martins-law-limited) 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.
3.8Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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LinkedInkara-marie-mangan-060b02a1St Martins Law Limited | LinkedIn
FacebookNo account found1
InstagramNo account found2
TiktokNo account found3
Listings and socialChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
You are #134 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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06Your websiteMarketbase business report

Your website

St Martins Law Limited shows a solid on-page SEO health with a 7.6/10. The site has a valid favicon, fast load times under 3 seconds, secure content over HTTPS, an SEO-friendly URL, and adequate text length, indicating a meaningful resource for visitors. The most notable findings are strong technical basics and a need to optimise for title tag and meta description alignment.

Strengths

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    Domain HealthYour site answers cleanly over a secure connection, so a customer clicking through from Google lands where they expect with nothing in the way.
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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
    Separate sites linking to youFewer separate websites link to you than half the businesses here, which means when someone searches for what you do, the businesses with a longer list of vouchers are the ones on the page they actually read.
  • 2
    The shape of your link profileYour links come from fewer separate sites than most profiles the size of yours.
  • 3
    Pages linking to youFewer pages link to you than half the businesses here, which means a customer researching your trade reads someone else's explanation of it rather than yours.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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What customers seeWhere you rank
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1Separate sites linking to you
2The shape of your link profile
3Pages linking to you
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How people find you on Google

St Martins Law Limited shows an average health for Website Traffic, suggesting room for improvement in paid and organic visibility. The top opportunities focus on starting targeted paid campaigns and improving organic value through content, links, and technical SEO. Overall, paid activity is minimal, while organic metrics show mid-range performance that could be nudged higher with steady effort.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    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.
  • 2
    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.
  • 3
    What that traffic is worthThe search visitors reaching your site are worth less than half the businesses here, so the people arriving are browsing rather than buying.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
6.0Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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21No ads from you on any search
www.stmartinslaw.nzSt Martins Law: Christchurch Lawyers

We provide a range of legal services including Business, Commercial, Family Trusts, Succession Planning, and more. Read more

toplawyers.co.nzSt Martins Law Limited | Lawyers in Christchurch
3About 195 visits a month from search, across 21 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
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Your hours against demand

St Martins Law Limited's opening hours match several high-demand weekday mid-day slots, especially late morning and lunchtime on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. However the firm is closed during some popular weekend and early-morning times (Saturday morning, Sunday early afternoon and Friday 8am), representing missed enquiries. No low-demand open hours were flagged, so existing hours avoid obvious waste but could be tweaked for weekend/early-morning availability.

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
9:41
St Martins Law Limited
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Hours 1
Monday8:30am-5pm
Tuesday8:30am-5pm
Wednesday8:30am-5pm
Thursday8:30am-5pm
Friday8:30am-5pm
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed
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02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions1 opportunity

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page1 opportunity

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#65of 216 Christchurch lawyers
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