Key legal question
Whether the appeal was filed within the 30-day deadline, considering the statutory suspension of time limits over the year-end period.
Extracted holding
No. The deadline began on 3 January 2010 and expired on 1 February 2010; the appeal was handed to the post office on 2 February 2010 and was therefore late.
Extracted reasoning
The court applied Art. 100(1) BGG and the time-limit suspension under Art. 46(1)(c) BGG, together with Art. 44(1) BGG for the start of the deadline. Because the filing date was after expiry, the appeal was manifestly inadmissible under Art. 108(1)(a) BGG.