That was an unethical conflict, the judge said, since that gave the class reps, who are supposed to safeguard the interests of absent class members, a financial disincentive to push their lawyers to achieve a more lucrative settlement.

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The Children's Society's policy director, Enver Solomon, said these children were being treated as if they had some kind of "second-class status" but the UK Border Agency and local authorities still had a duty to safeguard them.

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