Video Consultations and Meetings

In order to conduct video consultations and meetings with our teams, please find below the following guides for how to join meetings through our video conferencing platform, Starleaf.

Once a meeting has been arranged with a solicitor, you will receive email instructions on how to join using different methods including a meeting ID. The below guides have been created to make the process of joining video meetings simple and easy using a smartphone, tablet, PC or laptop.

Guides

How to join using a smartphone or tablet

How to join using a PC or laptop

Technical Requirements

For video consultations via smartphone

Operating systems required:

For Android:

Android 6.0 or later

For iPhone and iPad (iPhone 4s / iPad 2 or later):

iOS 9.0 or later

For video consultations via PC or laptop

Operating system:

Windows 10, Windows 8.1, and Windows 7 Service Pack 1

macOS 10.12 or later

Webcam: USB webcam or built-in camera

Processor: Recommended Intel Core i5 or later. Content sharing and/or video functionality might be restricted with older, low voltage or ultra-mobile processors

Memory: 2GB Ram or above

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