




Personal & Business Lawyers
with a Difference
At Knapps it’s all about you, our people, and finding the best legal solutions to meet your needs. We’re here to make it easy: giving you straightforward, jargon-free advice, without it costing the earth. Get in touch or come in for a chat, we look forward to meeting you.
WE ARE HERE TO HELP
PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS
We understand the big things in life can be hard. It is our job to help make them easier. So whether you need to make a will, buy a property, resolve an employment dispute or anything in between, we’re here to help.
WE ARE HERE TO HELP
BUSINESSES
We can offer you choices to suit your needs. Whether you are buying or selling commercial property, have employee issues or almost anything else. There’s not a lot we don’t know about doing business in this town!
STANDING OUT FROM THE REST
WHY YOU SHOULD CHOOSE US
OUR
SPECIALITIES
Our firm has been structured in a way that our legal people practice in set areas of the law. Our people do not dabble in areas outside their specialities, so when dealing with someone from our firm, you can be assured of getting a true specialist.
OUR
PEOPLE
Our firm culture is relaxed, down to earth and informal. We are like minded individuals which instantly makes for a very friendly environment. We genuinely care about our clients and take providing timely and accurate legal advice seriously.
REGIONAL
PRESENCE
Knapps Lawyers merged with local firms Hunter Ralfe and Kennedy & Associates in 2013. Not only has the merger increased the resources of the firm, it has given us a truly regional focus with offices in Nelson, Richmond and Motueka.
BENEFIT FROM
FIXED FEES, NO SURPRISES
We understand that uncertainty about legal fees can be a huge worry for clients. We have tried to take some of that worry away by offering different ways of pricing our services.
Fixed Fees
We are able to offer fixed fees on some of our core services including Wills, EPOA and some residential conveyancing and Trust work. Please refer to the specific Service Page for pricing.
Estimated Fees
For services that do not fall into the fixed fee bracket, we will give you our best estimate once we have taken your full instructions and agreed with you what work needs to be done. We will review that estimate regularly with you and advise you if we think it is going to be exceeded.
Stage Pricing
For ongoing matters such as large commercial transactions and some dispute resolution, we can discuss with you a price for each stage of the job before moving onto the next stage.
Hourly Rate
For some complex matters including most litigation, our fees will be charged as set out in Our Knapps Service Promise but we will do our best to give you an indication of the likely overall cost.