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Accessibility statement for bailii.org

This accessibility statement applies to www.bailii.org.

This website is run by the British and Irish Legal Information Institute (BAILII). We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:

We've also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.

AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.

How accessible this website is

We know that some parts of this website are not fully accessible:

  • most older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software
  • you cannot skip to the main content when using a screen reader
  • older images, diagrams, and tables (and some newer ones) do not include text alternatives (‘alt text’)
  • images of text are occasionally used if found in original source documents
  • videos of live events do not have captions or audio descriptions, although an alternative text version of the content is provided if available

    • What to do if you cannot access parts of this website

    If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording, or braille:

    We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 5 working days.

    Reporting accessibility problems with this website

    We are always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems not listed on this page or you think we are not meeting accessibility requirements, contact feedback@bailii.org.

    Please include the following in your message:

    We'll aim to respond to you as soon as possible.

    Technical information about this website's accessibility

    This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard due to the non-compliances listed below.

    Non accessible content

    The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.

    Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

    Non-text content

    Some pages may have images, diagrams, or tables that do not have a text alternative (‘alt-text’), so people using a screen reader cannot access the information. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.1.1. (non-text content). Most original source materials supplied to us do not include ‘alt-text’ for images, diagrams or tables. Alt-text is being automatically generated for some (but not all) new non-text content added to the site.

    Images of text

    Some of the original source materials supplied to us include images of text, which are reproduced on the site. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.4.5. (images of text). To ensure data integrity, we reproduce original content as provided, therefore images of text will not be altered or converted to another format.

    Time-based media

    Video recordings of live events do not include captions or audio decriptions. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterions 1.2.2. (captions) and 1.2.5 (audio description). A summary text version of the content is provided if one is available. We do not plan to add captions or audio descriptions to live video recordings.

    Content that's not within the scope of the accessibility regulations

    PDFs and other documents

    Many of our PDFs do not meet accessibility standards - for example, they may not be structured so that they're accessible to a screen reader, or they may contain no text content at all. This does not meet WCAG 2.2 success criterion 4.1.2 (name, role, value). These documents are supplied as provided to us, but we are looking into the possibility of adding text content to them.

    How we tested this website

    This website has not yet been formally tested. A self-assessment was completed using the WAVE Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool.

    What we are doing to improve accessibility

  • We are adding headings and labels to describe the topic or purpose of long blocks of text written by BAILII on the site. Long blocks of text found in original source documents (case law and legislation) will not be changed.

    • Statement preparation

    This statement was prepared on 19 September 2019. It was last updated on 24 September 2024.

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