Learn · Sentences Legal English (Legal Procedures, Talking about the Law in Various Contexts)

The legal team is working on an appeal for the verdict.

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Sentence

Narrator

The legal team is working on an appeal for the verdict.

Study notes

How to use in different contexts

Giving Advice

If you're unhappy with the verdict, you should consider appealing it.

Describing Habits

The legal team regularly works on appeals; it's part of their standard procedure.

Asking About Others

Is your legal team currently working on any appeals?

Sharing Hypotheticals

If the evidence were stronger, we wouldn't need to file an appeal.

Rephrased versions

Formal

The legal team is preparing an appeal of the verdict.

Casual

The lawyers are working on an appeal for the decision.

Simpler English

The legal team is trying to overturn the verdict.

Phrases to learn

legal team

A group of lawyers working together on a case.

working on an appeal

Preparing a formal request to a higher court to review a legal decision.