The MDR Group | Mishcon de Reya

Real Estate Lawyers

Sectors & Industries | Mishcon de Reya

Services | Mishcon de Reya

Business & Corporate Lawyers, Solicitors | Legal Services

Mishcon Private | Private Client Lawyers

Civil Fraud & Asset Recovery Lawyers | London

Cyber Risk | Lawyers

Page Not Found

Data | Lawyers

When specifying accessible names via `aria-labelledby`, ensure that the 
label elements exist.

## Explanation

Accessible names are required for many parts of a page, including form controls.
One way to accomplish this is to use `aria-labelledby` to specify the ID or IDs of 
other elements which contain a label. For example:

```html
<h2 id="dialog-labell">Important message!</h2>
<dialog aria-labelledby="dialog-label">
```

In this example, the `aria-labelledby` for the `<dialog>` points to an ID of `dialog-label`,
which doesn't exist. The heading it refers to instead has an ID of `dialog-labell`, presumably 
a typo.

## Why this matters

It isn't usually clear when an accessible name is broken, even during user testing.

This check helps to identify where an element clearly intended to have a label, but
that label is missing.

When a label is broken, it may be impossible for a user of assistive technologies
to understand what that element does.

missing-aria-labelled-by

December 2025

November 2025

Mishcon De Reya

Title / URL	Issues
The MDR Group \| Mishcon de Reyawww.mishcon.com/mdrgroup	1
Real Estate Lawyerswww.mishcon.com/real-estate	1
Sectors & Industries \| Mishcon de Reyawww.mishcon.com/sectors	1
Services \| Mishcon de Reyawww.mishcon.com/services	1
Business & Corporate Lawyers, Solicitors \| Legal Serviceswww.mishcon.com/corporate	1
Mishcon Private \| Private Client Lawyerswww.mishcon.com/mishcon-private	1
Civil Fraud & Asset Recovery Lawyers \| Londonwww.mishcon.com/services/fraud	1
Cyber Risk \| Lawyerswww.mishcon.com/services/cyber-risk	1
Page Not Foundwww.mishcon.com/invented-url-for-404-page	1
Data \| Lawyerswww.mishcon.com/services/data-services	1

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Mishcon De Reya

Where this issue has occurred