Key legal question
Whether the cantonal appeal judgment was a final decision amenable to federal constitutional complaint after the 2005 Zurich procedural reform.
Extracted holding
Because the appeal was declared after the reform entered into force, the new law applied and no cantonal nullity complaint was available; the appellate judgment was therefore a final cantonal decision.
Extracted reasoning
The transitional provisions made the old law applicable only when the challenged decision or the appeal had been declared before 1 January 2005. Here the appeal was declared only on 21 January 2005.