Question juridique clé
Whether the cantonal appeal against the district council decision was filed within the deadline despite the postal notice and pickup period.
Solution extraite
The appeal period began only on 2 May 2012 for this unrepresented claimant; the cantonal appeal filed on 1 June 2012 was therefore timely.
Motifs extraits
Although service by fiction generally occurs seven days after an unsuccessful delivery attempt, the claimant could reasonably rely on the postal pickup extension shown on the notice. Under trust protection, no disadvantage may arise from the mismatch between the legal service fiction date and the later postal pickup deadline where the discrepancy was not clear to a layperson.