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Christchurch reorganisation challenge defeated

Christchurch BC may launch an appeal after a High Court judge today refused its challenge to local government reorganisation plans.

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By Dan Peters | 07 August 2018

Christchurch BC may launch an appeal after a High Court judge today refused its challenge to local government reorganisation plans.

The council had claimed that the secretary of state had ‘acted beyond his powers' in passing the legislation to allow reorganisation to go ahead.

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