Questão jurídica principal
Whether treating six penalty decisions as final despite the objection of 1 April 2002 was overly formalistic.
Decisão extraída
Yes. In the special circumstances, the authorities should have treated the objection as covering the relevant decisions; finality was set aside.
Fundamentação extraída
The complainant had clearly expressed the wish to challenge current and forthcoming fines, while the municipality kept issuing fines for the same recurring conduct at short intervals. Enforcing strict individual deadlines here placed form over substance in a way not justified by any sufficient interest.