About Simpson & Co. Lawyers

We are a small Law firm specialising in property transactions throughout New Zealand. Our offices are in three centres on the beautiful Kapiti Coast an hour north of New Zealand's capital city; Wellington.

We use cutting edge technology to stay in contact with our clients nationwide and overseas. We are the developers of the property transfer computer programme known as Protocols Convey. Using this state of the art application, we are able to process any property transaction, whether a large residential subdivision, a commercial property lease, or a simple cottage purchase, speedily and at a realistic fee.

J.C.Simpson LLB. Notary Public

J.C.Simpson graduated from Otago University Law School in 1973 and was admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor in 1974. He is also a Notary Public and has thirty-five years of practical experience in private practice in New Zealand and the United Kingdom. He is the Principal of Simpson & Co. a Kapiti Coast Law firm specialising in property and family law. He has offices in Paraparaumu, Otaki and Foxton, and an extensive “virtual” practice with clients in other areas and countries. He has considerable legal and business experience as a lawyer and also as a director of a number of private companies, partnerships and trading trusts. Since joining Protocols he has been involved in software development and delivering seminars and tutorials relating to conveyancing.

Peter Barbour LLB.

In 1970 Peter Barbour graduated from Otago University and was admitted to the bar in Invercargill the same year. He came to the Kapiti/Horowhenua district in 1973 and was in partnership and later as a sole practitioner based in Levin and Foxton until 1988 when he sold his law firm to the then firm of Simpson West & Co. He joined the Crown Solicitor’s firm in Dunedin until a shift to the Bay of Islands saw him managing the Kerikeri practice of Palmer Macauley until 1999 when he returned South to become the Foxton Resident of Simpson & Co. He now practises as a Court lawyer and also supervises the firm’s Foxton conveyancing, trust and probate work. Peter’s specialty is legal analysis in complex cases.