The statutory requirements placed on landlords of residential property are ever changing. In this update we would like to draw your attention to a recent legislative update which will impact Managing Trustees who let out residential property. The relevant legislation is the Electrical Safety Standards in Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020 (Electrical Safety Regulations).

The first District Data Champion Forum took place via Zoom on Thursday 22nd April 2021. We are very grateful to all those District Data Champions who were able to join members of the TMCP Legal team and our colleague Georgina Crowhurst from the Connexional Team.

We have today been alerted that a number of people within the Methodist Connexion have received bogus emails purporting to be from ‘The Methodist Church in Britain’ with TMCP’s name in the email footer, asking recipients to click a link regarding database updates.

Following the workshop “Methodist Property: how to streamline transactions and improve efficiency” which took place on Thursday 4th February 2021, the PowerPoint presentation slides and a recording of the presentation are now available.

Following the launch of the NHS Test and Trace app on 24 September 2020 and Managing Trustee comments on the application of our Test and Trace guidance in practice, we have updated the “Test and Trace Data Protection and What you need to do Focus Note”...

The last 8 months have been unprecedented and have thrown up new challenges. As we learn to adapt to a 'new normal’ way of life, we need to remind ourselves that somethings do not change. We have seen the two year anniversary of the GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018 ...

The Legal & Constitutional Practice Team have asked TMCP to share their update on the extension of the exception from registration provisions under Statutory Instrument 2014 No. 242. This is the exception from registration with the Charity Commission afforded to Methodist charities in England and Wales with a gross income under £100,000 per annum which was due to expire on 31 March 2021