Key legal question
Whether the federal appeal had to be entered into despite the missing valid power of attorney.
Extracted holding
No. The formal defect identified by the court was not remedied within the set grace period, so the appeal could not be considered.
Extracted reasoning
Under Art. 42(5) BGG, the court had pointed out the missing valid authorization and granted a deadline until 25 October 2012. As the defect remained uncured after expiry of the deadline, non-entry followed under Art. 108(1)(a) BGG.