"Do not speak evil against one another, brothers. The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. There is only one lawgiver and judge, he who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?"
This is a stern warning against setting yourself up in a position as if you were worthy of making determinations about other people, supposing yourself to be right and without fault. The context here doesn't seem to be an official capacity but gossip--the sharing of negative information about someone. The motivation here is again selfishness. Do you know what "so-in-so did" are words designed to tears another down and builds yourself up by comparison.
I should never make myself look good by showing someone else to be bad. To do so is to take for myself a position that is not rightfully mine. It is to assume God's position, and surely the person who does so tears himself down more than he ever could tear down another. This is true even if it doesn't seem to be so to the speaker or the hearer.
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