Mohammed, Latchmi and Coco agree to share accommodation during their final year as students at the University of Leicester. They find a suitable flat near the University in April 2020, the registered freehold title to which is owned by Skylar.

The students each sign a separate agreement on the 5th of May 2020 to begin on 1st September 2020 for twelve months at 500 each per month. The agreements have 'LICENCE' in bold lettering at the top of the document, and they all include a term that if one person does not pay their rent, the others are liable for money owed. Skylar retains a key to the flat and agrees to provide laundry services to Mohammed, Latchmi and Coco every Friday morning.

In May 2021, Skylar decides to sell the flat to Bilal, who is duly registered as the freehold owner. Bilal and Skylar are friends, and Skylar told Bilal during the sale that there are "some annoying students in the flat, but they should be easy to get rid of. They won't have a leg to stand on".

One week later, Bilal bangs on the door of the flat, and tells Mohammed, Latchmi and Coco that they have five days to vacate the flat. They tell him that they have agreements which say that they are entitled to stay in the flat until September. Bilal is furious. That evening, he finds their Facebook and Twitter profile, and bombards them with hate messages. He also connects their friends and families, concocting lies about how their regular drug-fuelled parties are in breach of the local Covid-19 lockdown. He also arranges for the electricity to be stopped, just as the students are due to complete their final university exams online.

Advice Mohammed, Latchmi and Coco.