how do l know a solicitor/barrister is worth hiring

[essy]

hie everyone.
my case with the home office has been on going for nearly 8yrs and still not got any reply from them. unfortunately my solicitor told me l do not qualify for legal aid anymore so as a result any reply from the home office they will not be able to represent me.
as l live in the uk cld anyone recommend any good barrister l cld hire to take on my immigration case, from any part of Yorkshire.
also cld someone explain to me if there is any law which allow children to not born/born in the uk to be granted ILR after a certain no of yrs, how does this work and what chapter of the immigration law it is.
pls reply

[vinny]

my case with the home office has been on going for nearly 8yrs

What is your case based on?

also cld someone explain to me if there is any law which allow children to not born/born in the uk to be granted ILR after a certain no of yrs, how does this work and what chapter of the immigration law it is.
pls reply

For children born in the UK, see also:

Chapter 8 - Family members > Section 4a - Children born in the United Kingdom who are not British Citizens and
Chapter 8 - Family members annexes > Annex P - General guidance and

Children born in the United Kingdom

[essy]

thanx vinny.
l came in the uk in 2000 on 6months visitors visa, changed to a student before my visa expired. half wafway thru my studies l had a lot of problems with my health cldnt carry on my colledge notified the HO, and the HO was fine with everything as they had all the evidence from my DR as well. l was deteriorating very badly and my DR suggested l apply to the HO for ILR due to medical reasons, which l did in 2002. HO replied to that saying l cld stay on the same basis l was on prior to the application for ILR and also my that my case had been allocated to a case worker and it cld take up to a yr b4 they reached a decision on my case.
In october 2007 l recieved a letter which said my case my classsified as legacy and since then filled in the questionnaire form and send it back to the BIA and still waiting for a reply.
l'm a single parent with 2 children, 1 born in the uk in 2004 and the other one now 17 joined me in the 2001 and in fulltime education.

hope l provided all the information you required.

[Jeff Albright]

I think you have done your bit fairly well and you just need to wait until you receive a response without worrying too much.

Once you have received a response, just post the result here. Members will discuss it and see if you need a solicitor or not. It won't cost you a penny. If you do need a solicitor, you will have enough time to instruct one.

To qualify for the Legal Aid again, you can consider reducing your income temporarily and then you are free to go back to your previous income once you have signed the declaration and got approved for the Legal Aid. There is no legal obligation on you to inform the Legal Services that your income has changed after you have already signed the declaration.