National law firm Ashfords has developed and launched a new digital legacy platform for private individuals, which aims to make executor’s lives easier.

Digital legacy enables users to keep a secure record of their accounts and assets, such as bank accounts, shares, or even social media accounts. They can also leave messages for loved ones, set out funeral plans and wishes and help ensure that the process of dealing with their estate following their death is as easy and as cost effective as possible. 

On the death of the individual the system is unlocked for executors in a read-only format to make sure there is a...