Facts
By letter dated October 19, 1978, lawyer [C.] requested the Chur debt collection office to provide an extract from the debt collection register concerning H., who resides in Chur. He justified his request by stating that he had been instructed by a client in Sargans to collect a claim against H. The Chur debt collection office rejected this request, as [C.] had not demonstrated an interest in the desired information.
[C.] filed a complaint against the rejection of the debt collection office with the cantonal supervisory authority, which was dismissed on November 27, 1978. Thereupon, [C.] filed an appeal with the Debt Collection and Bankruptcy Chamber of the Federal Supreme Court, requesting that the decision of the cantonal supervisory authority be overturned and that the Chur debt collection office be instructed to provide the requested debt collection extract.
Considerations
The Debt Collection and Bankruptcy Chamber states that pursuant to Art. 8 para. 2 DEBA, anyone who demonstrates an interest can inspect the debt collection files and obtain extracts from them. The interest does not necessarily have to be of a financial nature, but a legal interest of another kind is sufficient. However, the applicant must credibly demonstrate the interest by presenting serious indications thereof.
In the present case, the appellant as a lawyer has merely claimed to have been instructed by a client to collect a claim against H. Such a mere assertion without the submission or disclosure of documents…