Key legal question
Whether the civil law appeal against the cantonal decision was filed within the statutory time limit.
Extracted holding
The appeal was filed out of time and therefore could not be examined on the merits.
Extracted reasoning
The challenged decision was served on 2013-11-20; the 30-day deadline began on 2013-11-21 and, taking court vacations into account, expired on 2014-01-06. The appeal was handed to the Swiss Post only on 2014-02-28.