Thanks very much for your answer and very useful info. My last paragraph was a little tongue in cheek. Re Solicitor's advice, I guess when I can afford to pay for specialised legal advice rather than have to rely on freebies from solicitors then I should be able to get a more authoratitive response from them, though that's probably wishful thinking.(posted 8020 days ago)I think the important point here is that TMC specifically set up this and several other companies to act as leasing/managing agents for repossessed properties, so I can't be the only one they did this to. The information which led me to discovering who bought it, is not publicly available, so I think many others are not aware that such a transaction took place. After obtaining the details of who currently owned my property by applying to the Land Registry Office and paying £4, I was told I could apply in writing using the EX reference number to the Land Registry Office nearest to my old property and ask them very nicely if they could tell me who became the registered owner after me in 1992. They don't have to give the info but may do if you can provide a reasonable explanation why you want it. There are probably other ways of finding out but if anyone wants more details of how I went about it, then let me know.
On another point, other interesting info I found out was that TMC are part of two corporations based in the Cayman Islands, namely Zophonus and SeaHorse Ltd and even though they were reported in the press as having been "bought out" by First Active now Britannic Money, they are still listed as an active company at Companies House. All the aforementioned have the same address in Epsom and many employees of TMC apparently have joint contracts with Britannic Money.