Electronic Wills & Digital Assets: New UK Legislation Coming in 2025

The Law Commission is advancing reforms that will recognise electronic wills and address digital asset ownership. Changes expected by 2025 will modernise wills made on computers and tablets.

The reforms also clarify rights to cryptocurrency and online accounts in estates, an area where executors have repeatedly been left without a practical route to control assets.

Practitioners should expect an increase in validity challenges during the transitional period, as the formalities for electronic execution bed in.