A very important thing to do when making your own will is to hand write it, DO NOT type it out on a computer and then sign it, you must write your wishes in your own hand writing and remember you cannot usually write your children out of your will here unless you have provided for them elsewhere.
If you have done this you must add this to your will otherwise it can be contested, in other words you can write that your children (name them) will receive no part of the Italian inheritance because they have been provided with other inheritance in the UK, then name all of this.
If your partner passes away the property unless written differently the surviving partner will only get half of the deceased part of a property and the other half will be split evenly between children. If you are not married and bought with a partner and they pass away, unless written you will get no part of the deceased persons half, this will be split evenly between any children or be passed to other members of their family.
This is only a rough guide and obviously it i best to seek proper advice but for now write out a hand written will and tell people where it is so it can later be translated and handed to a Notary to be processed. Something written is much better than nothing.
These links would seem to indicate this is not correct and people may actually find the opposite applies. Reading
this first article then the link
here for the EU 2015 changes it indicates that hand written Wills may not be the safest, so certainly not complusary.
A search of “succession Italy” came up with this and a lot of other legal guys looking to make money – all in English. Ignoring they are trying to make a buck from it, they give a lot of good solid information on the subject which may be of some use.
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