Digital assets and cryptoassets—Wills

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Digital assets on incapacity and death

As more and more aspects of our lives move online, digital assets are becoming an increasingly important class of assets and one that poses particular problems for personal representatives.

An individual can help to protect their digital estate by preparing a memorandum of digital assets with emails, usernames and passwords. This memorandum

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