Questão jurídica principal
Whether the Federal Tribunal could enter into the appeal filed in October 2010 against the Federal Administrative Court judgment of 10 December 2009.
Decisão extraída
The appeal was filed after expiry of the statutory appeal period and was therefore inadmissible.
Fundamentação extraída
Service by publication in the Federal Gazette was valid because no Swiss service address was provided despite repeated requests. The appeal period began on publication and expired on 1 February 2010; the October 2010 filing was therefore late.