About INHERIT#
INHERIT is the open data standard for estate planning information. It provides a structured, validated, jurisdiction-aware format for representing wills, trusts, probate applications, and related estate documents as machine-readable data.
Key facts:
- 40+ entity types covering the full estate lifecycle
- 21 jurisdiction extensions across 7 legal traditions
- Built on JSON Schema Draft 2020-12 — deterministic, zero-cost validation
- Apache 2.0 licence — free to use commercially
- TypeScript SDK and OpenAPI specification available on npm
Founder#
Rich Davies is the founder of INHERIT and CEO of Testate Technologies Ltd. Rich has spent over two decades in technology, most recently focused on bringing open data standards to the legal and estate planning sector.
For interview requests, contact hello@openinherit.org .
Suggested Angles#
- The interoperability problem in estate planning: Why every solicitor, bank, and insurer handles estate data differently — and what it costs families
- Open standards in legal tech: How INHERIT follows the playbook of healthcare (HL7 FHIR) and finance (ISO 20022) to create a shared language for estate data
- AI and estate planning: Why structured data beats ad-hoc AI parsing for high-stakes legal documents
- Jurisdiction complexity: How one standard handles 21 different legal traditions from common law to Islamic succession
Brand Assets#
The INHERIT wordmark is set in the system sans-serif typeface. The brand colour is #4f46e5 (indigo).
For logo files and usage guidelines, contact hello@openinherit.org .
Press Contact#
For all media enquiries: hello@openinherit.org