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Taylor Shaw Barristers & Solicitors

Lawyer · 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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Taylor Shaw Barristers & Solicitors

Lawyer · Christchurch Centre, Christchurch

Where you stand#86of 216 lawyers
Overall health6.0/10across the eight areas

Going well

05Facebook page9.908Opening hours9.407Google search and traffic7.2

Where we can help

02Reviews5.304Listings and social5.303Map positions4.301Google listing1.606Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Taylor Shaw Barristers & Solicitors is a Christchurch Central City law firm providing barrister and solicitor services. Based in central Christchurch, the practice deals with client matters including dispute resolution and family care issues. Reviews highlight a friendly, professional team and helpful staff, and clients often recommend the firm for clear communication and practical legal advice.

Taylor Shaw Barristers & Solicitors is a law practice based in Christchurch Central City that provides barrister and solicitor services. The firm operates from central Christchurch and serves clients with a focus on day-to-day legal needs and contested matters.

The firm offers barrister and solicitor work across matters reflected in client feedback, including dispute resolution and family care matters. Review themes mention assistance with disputes and cases involving care arrangements, and clients refer to the team handling legal requests and court-related work.

Clients commonly describe the experience as friendly and professional, noting helpful staff and clear, sound advice. Reviews mention successful outcomes in disputes and an approachable atmosphere when discussing legal options. These themes suggest regular contact with staff who explain processes and respond to client questions.

Locally, Taylor Shaw is distinguished by its central Christchurch location and a client-facing approach that reviewers describe as personable and practical. The firm is presented as suitable for Christchurch clients seeking straightforward legal guidance, dispute support and accessible legal communication.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Taylor Shaw Barristers & Solicitors shows a low overall health score for its Google Listing, with clear areas to improve the profile completeness and engagement. Notable findings include a complete address, phone number, and a listing that indicates open status, but there is no claimed listing or meaningful description yet, and few or no photos or logo.

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.
  • ✓
    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.
1.6Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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4.3 ★★★★★ (16)
Lawyer · Christchurch Centre
Open 5 days ✓
DirectionsCall Website ✓
OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
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Google listingChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Taylor Shaw Barristers & Solicitors shows a mixed health rating on Google reviews, with a 5.0 out of 10 health score indicating average overall performance. Key findings highlight no response to reviews yet, solid rating confidence and growing star rating, and a strong level of review activity relative to peers. The business should focus on engaging customers through responses and sustaining momentum.

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 behind half the businesses here, so a customer weighing three listings has slightly less reason to trust yours.
  • 3
    Star ratingYour rating sits below what half the businesses here carry, which gives a customer choosing between three of you a reason to pick one of the others.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing 3 of them.
5.3Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
Taylor Shaw Barristers & Solicitors
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4.3★★★★★16 reviews
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2How far your rating and your review count together can be trusted
Google reviewsChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
You are #102 for your Google reviews
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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

Taylor Shaw Barristers & Solicitors shows an average health score of 5.3 out of 10 for Google Maps search, indicating mixed visibility. The strongest results are in edgeware, st albans and richmond, where rankings are in the top three. Opportunities lie in lifting the aggregate map score and solidifying the borough presence to reach the local midpoint.

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 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.
4.3Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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1Top three for "barrister" in 2 suburbs, seen in 41
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Canterbury Chambers5.0 ★ (1) · Lawyer
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40 Walker Street Chambers3.6 ★ (14) · Lawyer
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Bridgeside Chambers4.2 ★ (5) · Lawyer
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Matt Smit Barrister5.0 ★ (14) · Lawyer
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Map positionsChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
You are #124 for map positions
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Where customers find you

The business shows an average health score across social and directory presence, with LinkedIn listed as a recent achievement. Key opportunities include activating Instagram and TikTok, improving Facebook trust, and claiming Yellow and TikTok directory profiles to boost local discoverability.

Strengths

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    LinkedIn CompanyWe can see your LinkedIn Company listing (https://linkedin.com/company/taylor-shaw) found via: Google search results.
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    Top Lawyers ListingWe can see your Top Lawyers Listing listing (https://toplawyers.co.nz/taylor-shaw-barristers-solicitors-christchurch) found via: Google search results.
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    Lawzana LawyerWe can see your Lawzana Lawyer listing (https://lawzana.com/taylor-shaw-barristers-solicitors) 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
    Having a Facebook page at allWe found your Facebook Profile page through search rather than through anything you own.
  • 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.
5.3Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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LinkedIntaylor-shawTaylor Shaw Barristers & Solicitors | LinkedIn✓
FacebookTaylorShawLawTaylor Shaw Barristers & Solicitors | Facebook2
InstagramNo account found1
TiktokNo account found3
LinkedInNo listing found✓
Listings and socialChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
You are #103 for listings and social
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05Facebook pageMarketbase business report

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.
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    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 opportunity

  • 1
    People following your pageFewer people follow your page than most in this market, which means a post reaches people who already know you rather than anyone still deciding.
8 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 4 of them.
9.9Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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133 followers 1
The firm of Taylor Shaw has provided quality and innovative legal services in Christchurch since 1933. We have a great team who have extensive experience in a wide range of specialty areas and ensure...
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🌐 taylorshaw.co.nz✓
☎ +64 3-379 4114✓
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Facebook pageChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
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Your website

Taylor Shaw Barristers & Solicitors shows a solid on-page health, with a health score of 4.8 out of 10. The strongest completed items are a valid favicon, a relevant meta description, frames not used, HTTPS content, and an SEO-friendly URL. The most important improvement area is the missing meta description, which impacts click-throughs, and render-blocking resources that affect load time.

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

  • 1
    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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    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.
  • 3
    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.
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

Taylor Shaw Barristers & Solicitors shows a healthy website traffic profile with a fitness score of 7.3 out of 10. Organic traffic value is solid in the 50-75% local band, and paid activity is limited. The two most important findings are that organic traffic growth is strong but paid traffic and paid keyword coverage are underdeveloped and need initial targeted activity.

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
    Search terms you advertise onYou are not covering any search terms with ads, which for most local businesses here is normal.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
7.2Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Taylor Shaw Barristers & SolicitorsNot in these results
About 269 visits a month from search, across 99 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
You are #61 for Google search and traffic
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Your hours against demand

Taylor Shaw Barristers & Solicitors has solid alignment with peak client demand during weekday mid-day hours, notably Tuesdays at 12-1pm and Thursdays at 10-11am. All 40 well-aligned peak hours fall within standard business times, with no low-demand open hours. However, several popular weekend and early-morning slots occur while closed, indicating missed client contact opportunities that may affect accessibility for some clients.

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
Taylor Shaw Barristers & Solicitors
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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 Centre
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Opening hoursChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
You are #14 for opening hours
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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#86of 216 Christchurch lawyers
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Christchurch lawyersOverall · 216 businesses
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