Key legal question
Whether the cantonal appellate court wrongly dismissed the appeal as time-barred.
Extracted holding
Yes. The challenged order was received on 27 November 2002, so the 9 December 2002 appeal was timely.
Extracted reasoning
The appellate court proceeded from an incorrect service date. Once the correct receipt date was accepted, the 10-day deadline had been met; the non-entry decision was therefore unlawful.