CoinLaw covers cryptocurrency regulation, enforcement, and case law. Our readership includes lawyers conducting research, regulators reviewing market practices, and compliance professionals interpreting evolving rules. Many of these readers rely on assistive technology during long research sessions, so the site has to work cleanly with screen readers, magnifiers, voice control, and keyboard-only navigation.
Conformance Target
We engineer the site to meet Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, conformance level AA, the same target referenced in the EU Accessibility Act and the UK Public Sector Bodies Accessibility Regulations 2018. Where a feature cannot yet meet that target, we record the gap below and prioritise the fix.
Implementation Details
The following items already ship across the site:
- Body copy renders against the page background at a minimum 4.5:1 contrast ratio, verified per template using axe DevTools
- Headings cascade through h1 to h4 in source order so screen readers can build a coherent outline of each article
- A skip link near the top of every page jumps focus to the main content region for keyboard users
- Interactive elements receive a 2 pixel visible focus outline that does not depend on colour alone
- Buttons and links sit inside tap targets at or above the 48 by 48 CSS pixel threshold from WCAG 2.5.8
- Animation honours the prefers-reduced-motion media query and disables non-essential motion when set
- Page layout reflows to 320 CSS pixels wide without horizontal scrolling, breaking only at content-driven breakpoints
- Forms expose label elements bound to their inputs and announce inline validation errors via aria-describedby
Where We Fall Short
Honest disclosure helps readers decide what to expect.
- Some articles published before mid-2024 contain images without alternative text. We add alt text whenever we revisit a piece for refresh
- Embedded media from YouTube, X, and other platforms inherits accessibility from those platforms. We have no way to override player controls or caption availability inside an embed
- Several legal-text PDFs from older articles are scanned images rather than tagged PDFs. We replace these with HTML transcriptions on a rolling basis as articles are refreshed
How to Get Help
A reader who cannot reach a piece of content has a direct route to a human:
- Email media@coinlaw.io with “Accessibility” in the subject line
- Use our contact form and select “Accessibility issue” as the subject
- We aim to acknowledge within two working days and to deliver a fix or workaround within ten working days. Where a regulatory reader needs the underlying source urgently, we will share an alternative format on request
Enforcement and External Review
If our response does not resolve the issue, you may escalate to:
- The UK Equality and Human Rights Commission, which enforces the Equality Act 2010 in respect of digital accessibility for UK readers
- The European Commission’s Accessibility Act guidance pages for EU readers covered by the Act
Document Control
This statement was last reviewed on 5 May 2026. We re-review after any significant template or design change.
