Key legal question
Whether the missed cantonal appeal deadline should be restored because illness constituted an excusable obstacle.
Extracted holding
The deadline was not restored because the appellant did not show that illness prevented him, or a timely instructed third party, from acting within the deadline.
Extracted reasoning
He was able to act at least until 18 November 2008 and failed to prove inability to instruct a representative for the remaining time; vague assertions about his brother's absence were insufficient. Thus the lapse was not without fault.