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Accessibility Statement

Darbys recognise the importance of providing an accessible website for all users. Below we detail guidance on how to use various features in the site.

We have aimed to ensure the site is inline with priority 1 and level 2 criteria of W3C's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.

access keys

Our navigation is accessible by screen readers and voice browsers. In addition, skip links allow the user to by-pass the navigation to the main content and also to directly navigate the main site areas.

Alternative text is provided on all images and alternative options have been provided where Javascript has been used within the site.

All pages on this site define the following access keys:

Microsites

This site has 10 microsites for different areas of our expertise. The navigation in these sites are similar:

Access key a - Home
Access key b - Our services
Access key c - About us
Access key d - Our people
Access key e - News and PR
Access key f - Case Studies
Access key g - Careers
Access key h - Expertise
Access key i - Glossary
Access key j - Downloads
Access key k - FAQs
Access key l - Enquiry form
Access key m - Contact us
Access key n - Links

For each of the following microsites use the letter for each page above but prefix with the following numbers:

Corporate Technology and Finance - 2
Dispute Resolution - 3
Employment - 4
Commercial Property - 5
Residential Conveyancing - 6
Family - 7
Trusts, Wills and Probates - 8
Personal Injury - 9
Crime - 10
Immigration - 11

For Example Corporate Technology and Finance Home page = 2a

How to use access keys

Hold down 'alt' key and number/letter of the access key, then press 'enter'.

Partially sighted users - changing the font size

We have provided the facility to change the font size of the text used on our web pages. If you are using Internet Explorer, select 'View' from the menu bar, then 'Text Size' and select from 'Smallest' to 'Largest'. In Mozilla Firefox, select 'View' from the menu bar, then 'Text Size' and select from 'Increase', 'Decrease' or 'Normal'.

Colour-blind users

We have checked the site font and background colour combinations for the different colour blindness conditions and ensured that items are not referenced by colour alone.

Should you wish to change the colour of text and background by introducing your own style sheet, please follow the instructions in changing the style sheet.

Keyboard-only users

This site can be navigated using the keyboard only, the keys to use are as follows:

To move forward between links, use the tab key
To move back between links, use the Shift + tab keys
To initiate an action button, use the Enter key when the action button is selected.
'tab' moves you through the different page elements.
'backspace' moves you back through the pages you have already visited.
'alt' and 'left arrow/cursor' moves you back through the pages you have already visited.
'alt' and 'right arrow/cursor' moves you forward through pages you have already visited.
'ctrl' and 'home' takes you to the beginning of the page.
'ctrl' and 'end' takes you to the end of the page.
'spacebar' moves the page down.
'page up' and 'page down' moves the page up and down.

Changing the style sheet

Users may import their own style sheet into the website. In Internet Explorer, select Tools, then Internet Options and then Accessibility. Next click on any or all of three checkboxes to ignore colours, font styles or font sizes. In the same window, you can change the style sheet by clicking the checkbox that says 'Format document using my style sheet', then simply browse to your preferred style sheet and click ok. In Mozilla Firefox, select Tools, then Web Developer and then Options. You will then be given a choice of colours and fonts.