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​It's free to call us and find out more

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Free phone | (0800) 339 223
Email  |  support@portia.law

We're NZ's people law experts

We are expert family lawyers specialising in
Care of Children matters
You can trust us if you are looking t0
divorce or separate from your partner
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

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Contested Estates
Employment litigation
and
Enduring Powers of Attorney

預立代理人委託書和遺囑
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.
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 justice


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Ka tautoko matou i te uru ki te whakawa
We support Access to Justice

Mahuika the Kea is judging you...
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Photo by John Yunker (@jyunker) on Unsplash.com
 Keas are smart. They will watch you and judge you. In fact every smart creature does that, especially humans. Everyone judges everyone else all the time. This leads to most of the world's problems, because each of us are constantly judging others. We create our own version of the truth, and we use that to compare how we're treated.
 When our truth is not believed, or when someone or something else acts in a way that doesn't fit our version of the truth, we feel that it is unfair.
 Let's face it: we've all felt life's been unfair at times. Being bullied, suffering abuse, getting cancer, losing a loved one, not getting that Play Station for Christmas. Sometimes it's a big deal, sometimes not so much.
 Justice is different from fairness. Justice is a way of smoothing out everyone's own personal version of the truth and coming up
up  with a compromise that helps most of society.
​ When you go through the justice system, your opinion on what is fair is not so important... what's important is what is equitable to 
all the people in New Zealand.
 It's hard to make that better, but there are lots of things you can do to make it worse! And this is why a lawyer can help... they guide you through this weird, alien world of Justice.
 Justice isn't fairness and no matter how loudly you complain or cry about this, it will not change anything. If you have a good lawyer, and listen to them, and can just forget about fairness for a while (it's hard, we know), then you are more likely to feel like you have been treated justly by the system.
 ​You can trust Portia to know how to get through this.

Rolleston  | South Canterbury
Virtual Service
Available hours: Mon-Fri 9AM~5PM
Rangiora  | North Canterbury
Virtual Service
Available hours: Mon-Fri 9AM~5PM
Blenheim  | Marlborough
Virtual Service
Available hours: Mon-Fri 9AM~5PM
What is 'Virtual Service'?

Did you know you don't have to visit a lawyer in person? Portia has been providing virtual legal services to the world for over eight years.

Personal law is stressful enough without having to get dressed up and drive into town, find a car park and go to someone else's office for the priviledge of being charged hundreds of dollars per hour!

We can help you using secure video communication and digital paperwork. We've been a paper-free office since 2014. Call us and find out more on 0800 339 223.

Please note that the law prevents us from doing certain legal tasks virtually. Our friendly team will advise you of this if necessary.

​Christchurch Office | Mid Canterbury
164c St Asaph Street, Christchurch
​Opening hours: Mon-Fri  9AM~5PM
​Note: Access not suitable for wheelchairs or baby buggies
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Postal address: DX WX33342, Christchurch       Free phone: (0800) 339 223       Online: Across Aotearoa and the World (if your case can be heard in a NZ court)

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