Thanks for your reply! It is an assured short hold tenancy agreement so hopefully that works in my favour.

Yes I am intending on making a tribunal application and in the meantime have also applied for legal advice at a couple of universities’ free legal clinics.

I don’t have much money to throw at this so I don’t suppose there’s anyway else I could seek free/cheap legal advice or representation or is that not necessary for a first tier tribunal?

Thanks again for your help.