We're NZ's people law experts

We are expert family lawyers specialising in
Care of Children matters
We help many people who need to
apply for a Protection Order
and we also can help if you have been
served with a Protection Order
We can also help with
Immigration and Visas
發送信息​
Contested Estates
Employment litigation
and
Enduring Powers of Attorney
預立代理人委託書和遺囑

People choose us because:

- we offer a fully-virtual service
- we care about people accessing justice
- we aim to be NZ's most ethical law firm
- we promise to focus on your well-being
- we're really, really good!
​- we actively support social good

At ​Portia we're authentic in our commitment to helping people access justice. We work alongside Women's Refuge, Auckland City Mission and a wide variety of other community and social services and do a lot of good.

​Our lawyers are trained to the highest standard and have a reputation as excellent litigators. We're experts in family violence, care of children and paternity but do so much more!

We have lots of information online for you as well. Take a look and get in touch.

It's free to call us and find out more

Free phone | (0800) 339 223
Email  |  support@ebbornlaw.co.nz

​Our fixed prices are guaranteed.

#STANDWITHUKRAINE

Photograph: Aleksandr Gusev/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock

Erin Ebborn, Principal Lawyer

Kiwis, we need to stand with Ukraine. It's a matter of justice.
Humanity has progressed through many philosophies of justice throughout the millennia, from Bentham's Utilitarianism (the greatest good for the greatest number), to the moralism of Kant, to John Rawl's widely-adopted theory of Universal Human Rights.

Rawls proposes that we should apply a 'veil of ignorance' when considering human rights. In other words, imagine if you could be born as any child, anywhere in the world: what are the minimum rights that you would want to have a happy life.
Fresh water, warm housing, enough food, freedom from abuse and, perhaps most importantly, no war.

Anyone who has gone through major disasters: earthquakes, terrorism, fires, mine collapses... will instantly empathise with

a people who are threatened with war, because - like a major disaster - it is a situation that damages the rights of our individuality.

However, war is voluntary. Disasters are not. So should't we take any opportunity to avoid inflicting misery on people when we have that choice?

No matter what the politics are, the use of military force is extreme and terrifying. From our peaceful little enclave in the South it's hard to comprehend the helplessness Ukrainians must be feeling right now.
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So #standwithukraine simply because as Kiwis we don't want to live in a world wracked with war. And remember to be kind to everyone who is involved - members of our Russian communities in New Zealand are not responsible for the actions of their State.

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Timaru office | South Canterbury
41 North Street, Timaru
Opening hours: Mon-Fri 9AM~5PM
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Christchurch Office | Mid Canterbury
164c St Asaph Street, Christchurch
​Opening hours: Mon-Fri  9AM~5PM
​Note: Access not suitable for wheelchairs or baby buggies

​Blenheim office | Marlborough
Unit 6 (upstairs, next to Allure Hair Salon)
The Forum, 48 Market Street, Blenheim
Opening hours: Mon-Fri 9AM~5PM

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Postal address: DX WX33342, Christchurch       Free phone: (0800) 339 223       Online: Across Aotearoa

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