Court case re old reposession help needed

rchddap1

This is a copy in another forum, but I need to make sure that I get a good reply, so I'm sorry if this is a problem:-

Hi,

My partner's mother about 12 years ago had her house reposessed. Her sons tried to buy the house for her a couple of days later, but were told that it had already been sold at auction. Can they do this?

Now, the mortgage company that took the house are taking her to court to recover the cash owing from the old mortgage and 12 years of interest on top. Can they do this?

The other thing to make things even more complicated is that the land registry still have her as owner of the land / property (or whatever it is that they register). What does this mean? Does this mean that she is still the legal owner of the property and / or the land? What will happen when the new 'owners' try to sell the house?

I'd be grateful for any pointers as this is really causing some distress.

Thanks