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The practitioner's guide to the Property (Digital Assets etc) Act 2025: section 1 quoted in full, what it settled and what it left to the courts, the three questions to ask at file opening, the five drafting additions that earn their place, four access architectures ranked by how they fail, and a file checklist.
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Situs and domicile without jargon; forced heirship compared across France, Germany, the Gulf, the US and South Asia; when a nationality election under the EU Succession Regulation helps and when it does not; how to hold several wills without revoking anything; and the executor pack that shortens an administration.
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How a farāʾiḍ distribution is rendered as a valid English will: Wills Act 1837 formality and the s.15 witness trap, the four structural defects we see most, the order of operations for the wasiyyah third, the 1975 Act exposure and four things that reduce it.
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A short working document: every category of digital asset and what your executors need for each, the five questions to ask your platforms now, access routes ranked by failure mode, and a one-page action list.
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Twelve questions, two minutes, no account. The cross-border risk check flags the jurisdictions, the forced-heirship traps and the digital assets your current arrangements will not carry across.