England
So basically I agreed to move out for a period of time if she was willing to pay for all the associated costs for me to do so. This pissed her right off, and apparently over the weekend she sent one of the two estate agents liaising us a barrage of emails about how the new laws are fake and how she is looking for any way to force me out.
She just issued a Section 13 to increase my rent £500. This is well above market rate, and not only do I have in writing one of the agents saying I'm already paying a strong rate in an email, he candidly told me he was willing to provide any materials necessary should I decide to bring this increase to tribunal.
She's also apparently going to issue a Section 8, but again I have in writing from the landlord herself and her agent that she only plans on using the property for 3 weeks on holiday, and not that she actually plans on moving back in.
I actually feel like I have a pretty strong care here, but I've never brought anything to court. As evidenced from my willingness to just fuckinnnn move out and just eat the expenses up until now; I'm normally willing to just bend over.
Do I have a case? What would this process even look like?