About ClearLegacy

Our mission

Most adults in the UK don't have a Will. Surveys consistently find that more than half of UK adults have no Will — the Money and Pensions Service put it at 56% in its January 2025 release, based on a survey of more than 10,000 adults — not because they don't want a Will, but because writing one feels expensive, slow and intimidating. ClearLegacy exists to remove all three barriers.

We've built an online Will-writing service that produces a legally valid Will under the Wills Act 1837 from about 15 minutes of plain-English questions. Your first draft arrives straight after payment; every Will is checked before it's issued, and the final Will usually follows within 24 hours. The price is fixed: £89 for a Single Will, £129 for a pair of Mirror Wills.

What ClearLegacy is

• England & Wales. Wills are drafted to the Wills Act 1837, the statute governing Wills in England and Wales. Northern Ireland has its own edition at ni.clearlegacy.co.uk; we do not cover Scotland.
• Online from start to finish. No phone calls, no appointments, no offices. You answer a plain-English questionnaire in about 15 minutes; your Will is drafted from your answers.
• Checked before it’s issued. An automated review checks every draft against the Wills Act 1837, and the Will is issued once it has passed ClearLegacy’s checks. This is not a solicitor review and not legal advice.
• Built with safeguards. The questionnaire includes capacity and undue-influence questions, an optional identity check is offered after payment, and a timestamped record is kept for every Will.
• Fixed price. £89 for a Single Will, £129 for Mirror Wills. No subscriptions. No upsells. One free update after payment.
• Fast. Your first draft arrives straight after payment; the final Will is usually emailed within 24 hours.

What ClearLegacy is not

• We are not a solicitors' firm. Will-writing is not a reserved legal activity in England and Wales, so it does not require SRA regulation — but we don't pretend otherwise.
• We do not provide face-to-face appointments or phone consultations as part of the standard service. The product is the Will, not the meeting.
• We don't write Wills for extremely complex estates — trusts requiring bespoke drafting, foreign property structures, or business succession schemes are better handled by a specialist solicitor. Our questionnaire flags these cases.
• We are not a DIY kit. A WHSmith kit is around £25 and is sold with no check on your answers at all. Every ClearLegacy Will is checked before it is issued, at a fraction of the cost of a solicitor.

Company details

How we keep the price at £89

The honest answer is automation. A traditional Will-writing service or solicitor spends most of their time on the call, the appointment, the office overhead, the partner's hourly rate. We've moved everything that can be automated — the data capture, the draft generation, the document assembly, the secure delivery — into software. What's left is the bit that matters: the check before issue — automated rules maintained by the founder, and the founder's own time on anything they flag.

The result is that the cost of a Will at ClearLegacy is roughly the cost of that checking time, plus a small share of platform overhead. A solicitor charging £350 for the same Will is not necessarily producing a better will — they are charging for the appointment, the office, and the partner's time.

Legal validity

A Will's legal validity in England and Wales depends on three things: the testator (you) being over 18 and of sound mind; the Will being signed in the presence of two independent witnesses; and the wording complying with the Wills Act 1837. None of those are price-dependent. An £89 will properly drafted and signed carries the same legal validity as a £700 solicitor's will properly drafted and signed.

Trust and review

Every will goes through a structured review before release. The review checks the residuary clause, the executor appointment, the substitution clauses, the guardianship clause (if any), and the property handling. We do not release a Will that has not been reviewed.

Frequently asked questions

What happens next?

1. 1
   Complete questionnaireAbout 15 minutes of plain-English questions.
2. 2
   Structured quality checkEvery Will is checked against the Wills Act 1837 before release.
3. 3
   Receive your documentsUsually emailed as a PDF within 24 hours.
4. 4
   Print, sign & witnessTwo independent witnesses. We include a signing guide.
5. 5
   Your family is protectedLegally valid under the Wills Act 1837.