Hi Elizabeth, true, there has only been one successful litigation action.
The people behind a certain Grocery site might be getting a little nervous at the moment :) What worries me is that there are many larger government sites in Australia that are a lot less accessible than that one... I wonder how long it will take for this particular dagger to fall? I have no doubt that fall it will - a question of when not if. Cheers, Andrew On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 2:07 PM, Elizabeth Spiegel < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Tee > > In Australia, websites are covered by Disability Discrimination > legislation, > although there has only been one successful suit to date. Bruce Maguire > was > awarded damages of $20,000 against SOCOG in 2000: full details here: > > http://www.hreoc.gov.au/disability_rights/decisions/comdec/2000/DD000120.htm > > > Note that the target was not by any measure a 'small business'. HREOC > provides advisory notes > http://www.hreoc.gov.au/disability_rights/standards/www_3/www_3.html > > > Elizabeth Spiegel > Web editing > > 0409 986 158 > GPO Box 729, Hobart TAS 7001 > www.spiegelweb.com.au > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of tee > Sent: Friday, 15 August 2008 12:49 PM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: Re: [WSG] Shopping cart - who does what > > > Under British law, can individual who brings a case under the DDA and > the lawyer seek monetary compensation? > Couple months ago a handful of ADA lawsuits handled by a same lawyer. > > http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2008/06/13/carollloyd.DTL&h > w=disability+lawsuit&sn=001&sc=1000<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2008/06/13/carollloyd.DTL&hw=disability+lawsuit&sn=001&sc=1000> > > If lawyer and plaintiff can seek monetary compensation, I honestly > hope no ADA/DDA law ever applies to website. > > tee > > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ******************************************************************* > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ******************************************************************* > > -- --- Andrew Boyd http://onblogging.com.au ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
