Question juridique clé
Whether the deadline for filing appeal objections should be restored after counsel's missed deadline due to a psychiatric acute stress reaction.
Solution extraite
The request for restoration was filed too late because counsel should have discovered the missed deadline by 2011-02-12 at the latest; restoration was therefore refused.
Motifs extraits
The lawyer was not fully incapacitated and had to organize his work so as to detect both pending and missed deadlines. A diligent lawyer must maintain regular deadline checks, including during periods of stress or before leaving on holiday. The lower court's assessment of the medical certificate was not manifestly untenable, and any uncertainty about the exact end of the stress reaction was immaterial.