The Connexional Team have produced new guidance on Circuit amalgamations available on the Methodist Church Website.

As you will all be aware the annual Methodist Conference starts on 27th June 2019. We are sure that many of you will either be attending the Conference, listening to or watching the live feed, or keeping up to date with what is happening on social media. Representatives from TMCP and the Panel of Solicitors will be in attendance at the Conference this year.

A new focus note is now available with guidance on the Minimum Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property)(England and Wales) Regulations 2015 (the MEES Regulations) aimed at Managing Trustees of both residential and non-residential property who let or intend to let the property out.

Blake Morgan, one of the firms on the Panel of Solicitors, is holding a Charity Trustee Training event at their Oxford office on 4th June.

Due to an ongoing technical issue with the Consents website, TMCP are currently not receiving consent notifications in the usual way.

Managing Trustees selling land or buildings are often asked by a potential buyer to allow the buyer time to undertake various investigations before they are in a position to exchange contracts. Such an arrangement may be documented in an “Exclusivity” Agreement or a “Lock Out” Agreement.

Landlord and tenant legislation is ever changing making it essential for Managing Trustees who let out residential property to keep an eye on what is happening and know what action they need to take to ensure they are fulfilling the statutory responsibilities placed on them as a landlord. This article summarises some important recent changes that Managing Trustees need to be aware of.