Accessibility statement

Where the obligation comes from

Bracton Ltd owes duties under the Equality Act 2010 as a service provider, which require reasonable adjustments so that disabled people are not put at a substantial disadvantage when using its services. The Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 apply to public sector bodies and impose no obligation on a private company such as this one.

The company has chosen to work to those Regulations and to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 published by the World Wide Web Consortium, because they are the recognised standard and because anyone who visits this site deserves one that works for them.

What the site should let you do

The aim is that you can do all of the following on this website.

• Move through the whole site using a keyboard alone, without a mouse.
• Reach all substantive content with a screen reader.
• Zoom to two hundred per cent without content overlapping or becoming unreadable.
• Read every piece of text against a background with sufficient colour contrast.
• Understand what a link or a button does from its label alone.
• Take as long as you need, with no time limit that disadvantages a slower reader.

AbilityNet at abilitynet.org.uk gives free advice on making a device easier to use, and My Computer My Way at mcmw.abilitynet.org.uk gives step by step guides to adjusting device settings.

Where the site stands

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 at Level AA. It was built in 2026 with accessibility taken into account from the outset, and full compliance is the target rather than a claim.

On the perceivable, operable and understandable principles the site is substantially compliant. Images carry alternative text, colour is never the only way information is conveyed, text resizes without loss of function, navigation works from the keyboard, no content flashes, a skip link is provided on every page, the page language is declared and form errors name the field in error and describe the correction. On the robust principle it is partially compliant, because components the company did not write introduce issues outside its direct control.

What is known to fall short

These are the issues known at the date of this statement. They are listed because a statement that names only what works is not a statement.

• The cookie consent banner does not fully expose its controls to every screen reader, against criterion 4.1.2 on name, role and value. It is being reviewed and replaced.
• Documents offered for download in portable format carry no structure tags, so a screen reader reads one as unbroken text and cannot move between its headings and lists, against criterion 1.3.1 on information and relationships. Each document does declare its language and announce its title rather than its filename, contains no images needing description, and embeds its typefaces, so the gap is the structure rather than the content. Any document on this site is supplied in an alternative format on request, within five working days.
• Some secondary text, including footer text and form placeholder labels, has been identified as falling below the minimum contrast ratio of four and a half to one, against criterion 1.4.3. These are being corrected in the next scheduled release.
• Where video is published, accurate captions are provided at the point of publication, against criterion 1.2.2. Any video published before this statement is being reviewed.

What this statement does not cover

• Content on third party websites reached by a link from here. Their accessibility is theirs to state.
• Documents published before June 2026 that have not yet been reviewed. Any of them is supplied in an accessible format on request.
• Video streamed or embedded through a third party platform, where the accessibility of the player is outside the company's control. The limitation is noted where such content is published.

How the site was assessed, and by whom

This is the part most statements leave vague. The assessment is a self assessment. Bracton Ltd is one person, so there is no development team and no internal accessibility function, and the work was done by the company's director against the Level AA success criteria, by manual keyboard navigation, by testing with a screen reader on both Windows and macOS, and with automated scanning.

No independent accessibility audit by an accredited assessor has been carried out. One is intended within twelve months of the date of this statement, and until it happens the compliance position above is the company's own view of its own website and should be read as that.

The site relies on HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Where JavaScript supports an accessibility feature, that feature has been tested to confirm it works in current browsers.

Telling us something is wrong

If you have difficulty with anything on this site, or you need any content in another format such as large print, audio or plain text, write to accessibility@bractonlegal.co.uk or to Bracton Ltd at the registered office. You will get a reply within five working days, and where the alternative format takes longer than that to produce, the reply will acknowledge the request and give the date by which it will be ready.

Feedback is welcome on anything, including a problem this statement does not describe. Every report is assessed and answered.

If the answer is not good enough

Bracton Ltd is a private company, so the enforcement route for the public sector regulations through the Cabinet Office does not apply. If you are unhappy with the response to an accessibility request or complaint, the Equality and Human Rights Commission enforces the Equality Act 2010 and can be reached at equalityhumanrights.com or on 0808 800 0082. Citizens Advice at citizensadvice.org.uk gives free guidance on rights under that Act. A disabled person who believes a reasonable adjustment has not been made is entitled to bring a claim under the Act, and the company would rather be told first so that the problem can be fixed.

Accessibility complaints are answered within ten working days of receipt. Where an issue takes longer to resolve, progress is reported.

Preparation and review

This statement was first prepared in June 2026 and revised in August 2026 to state plainly who carried out the assessment. It is reviewed at least annually, and is updated promptly on a material change to the website, on the resolution of a known issue named above, on a report of an issue not covered here, and on a significant change in guidance or in the law.