Key legal question
Whether the civil appeal to the Federal Supreme Court was filed within the statutory time limit.
Extracted holding
No. The appeal was filed after expiry of the non-extendable 30-day deadline.
Extracted reasoning
The full judgment was received on 25 March 2009; the deadline began the next day, was suspended during Easter recess, expired on 11 May 2009, and only the cover letter arrived that day without the appeal brief. The brief was mailed only on 25 May 2009.