Russell-Cooke partner Andrew Godfrey and senior associate Patrick Delas joined the Lexunion annual conference in Bern, Switzerland.

This year, the theme of the event was "separating properties" so Andrew and Patrick presented on usufructs in civil caw countries and analysed the joint ownership and separation of property on Friday 17 September.

The following day, they spoke on English law trusts and the similarities and differences with usufructs. They also explained the UK tax treatment of usufructs and the Circumstances when they can interact with the UK tax system.

On Saturday 18 September, they presented on recent UK cross-border succession and tax developments including on the application of DAC6.

Overall, there were nine jurisdictions presenting on various comparative aspects.