Re House rental leases

[Briony18]

My friend has just renewed the lease for a house that she shares with her boyfriend and another friend. She has furnished the house out very nicely. Suddenly it appears that the other girl sharing the house was made a legal gurdian of her ex boyfriends younger sister years ago and now social servces have contacted this housemate and informed her that there is now no one who can look after this girl, who is 13, because the ex boyfriend has remarried and doesn't want to know.
The housemate has agreed to take this girl on without consulting my friend and her boyfriend and so now they have a 13 year old permanently sat there every night and they are just not happy about it as they have lost their privacy and the girl is very untidy.
Question is can they get out of their lease early or are they committed to staing in this house under these circumstances for the next 6 months?
They have tried talking to the friend but she has made them feel guilty and says that the girl has nowhere to go. Social services don't appear to have consulted my friend about this and so they just want to get out and find somewhere on their own. Any advice?

[daffy654]

Is there any clause in the lease that says the landlord must be consulted before anyone else moves into the property?

[buildersmate]

Who holds the lease? - your friend solely, or are all 3 of them joint tenants?

[dmbhunt]

Social Services are falling down on the job. Surely they should have been checking out where she is going to live and with whom? For instance where is she sleeping, a 13 year old girl should have her own room. A 13 year old needs supervision and boundaries set, all teenagers are untidy it is in their job description she will need firm but kind handling. It seems she has been dumped because her brother finds it inconvenient now he is married, in my opinion his first duty is to his minor sibling and woman who is not willing to go along with that is seriously lacking in humanity, I wonder does she have her own children and/or jealously is an issue. Quite why he would want to marry this woman and possibly have kids with her beats me. This girl is now with someone who assumed joint legal guardianship with the brother but may be a comparative stranger to her now. She must feel very lonely and frightened for her future. I feel sorry for the child, but living in an atmosphere which I imagine you could cut with a knife is not good either. Think the friend should contact social services and Citizens Advice they may be able to find a local solicitor who will give a half hour consultation for nothing some do from time to time. It would be interesting to know the wording to the lease as some will not allow another party to move in unless they have been consulted and the other tenants agree. So check the lease, request a visit from Social Services to the home it may be worth recording any such visit but that should be done with the full knowledge of all participants, speak to Citizens' Advice.