Questão jurídica principal
Whether the deadline for filing the debt-enforcement complaint should be reinstated
Decisão extraída
No. The reasons given by counsel and his office staff did not amount to an excusable impediment.
Fundamentação extraída
The court held that the decision had entered counsel's sphere of control on 31 August 2007. Counsel had to organize his office so that time-sensitive mail would be reliably reviewed despite absences. Mistakes by staff are attributable to the principal, and the alleged postal mishandling plus the assistant's dental procedure did not constitute sudden incapacity comparable to accident or serious illness.