The publication of defamation in order to sabotage a competing business is a reason to aggravate the award of compensation

An assistant in a nursery school whose employment was terminated opened a competing nursery two doors away from the nursery where she worked. In response, the nursery teacher sent a Whatsapp message to her clients stating that during the employment of that assistant, deep failures were discovered in the way she works and her approach to the children.

The Court held that the publication of statements that might harm a person in his position, business, occupation or profession constitutes defamation. Here the things that were published were intended to harm the rival business and this is a reason to harshen with the wrongdoer and the court thus ordered a relatively high compensation without proof of damage.