Questão jurídica principal
Whether the appeal against the fee-moderation decision was filed within the statutory deadline
Decisão extraída
The appeal was filed late because the decisive act is the postal submission date, which was 2012-11-17, while the deadline expired on 2012-11-15.
Fundamentação extraída
Under Art. 51 para. 1 LPAv and Art. 143 para. 1 CPC, the filing deadline is met only when the appeal is handed to the Swiss Post on the last day. The envelope’s postal stamp proved late filing, regardless of the appellant’s signature date.