Court Cases
Australia, Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games
There is no relevant case law on the UK Act as yet, but a relevant case was brought in Australia which did refer to the W3C conformance levels. This case was based on an Australian law which is very similar to the UK law.
The case was brought by a blind man, Bruce Maguire, against the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games, known as SOCOG. He argued that the SOCOG web site breached Australia’s Disability Discrimination Act because it was inaccessible to him when using a refreshable Braille display and web browser. In ruling against SOCOG, the Commission of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission supported the W3C guidelines and, during the hearing, reference was made to the ease with which the SOCOG site could be brought up to Level A compliance.