97The Tribunal finds that, although criticism of a subordinate’s work must be allowed or else the management of a service would be almost impossible, the case-law relied on by the Commission states that only messages which do not contain any defamatory or malicious wording, and which are sent to the person concerned alone or are copied to others where the interest of the service so justifies come within the normal context of a hierarchical relationship (judgment of 25 October 2007 in Case T‑154/05 Lo Giudice v Commission, paragraphs 104 and 105). The Tribunal finds that the final investigation report merely observes that Ms C had an ‘old-school style’ whereby hierarchical superiors ‘would adopt an almost paternalistic approach towards their employees’ but failed to give reasons dictated by the interests of the service which might justify copying messages containing overt criticism of the applicant to several colleagues, including managers working under the applicant’s direct control, or to officials who had asked for information from the applicant’s service.
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