Questão jurídica principal
Whether the federal appeal was timely despite a dispute over the notification date
Decisão extraída
The appeal was timely because the proven notification date was 29 January 2013, so filing on 28 February 2013 was within the 30-day period.
Fundamentação extraída
The Court may examine timeliness ex officio and accepted the late-filed proof of notification; refusing it would have amounted to excessive formalism.