"client confidence" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a feeling of trust in a client-provider relationship. For example, "The company has built a reputation for excellent service that has earned the client confidence."
"You have to give the client confidence," he said.
"Investors had been looking for an indication that client confidence was returning, and that was probably the sign they needed".
In between, Congress began debating what steps to take to overhaul retirement plans, and the Big Five accounting firms continued to take steps to bolster client confidence.
"Client confidence and activity levels could be impacted further by the continued absence of sustained and credible improvements to unresolved European sovereign debt and banking system issues and U.S. fiscal issues," UBS said in a statement.
Sorrell said the outlook for 2013 looked similar to 2012, with increased client confidence balancing the lack of big events to match last year's Olympics and the US presidential elections.
Net inflows of new money in the business came in at 11.1 billion Swiss francs, or $12.6 billion, during the first quarter, compared with "very small inflows" in the previous quarter, the bank said, "providing a sign of client confidence in our business".
For lawyers, an ethical obligation to safeguard client confidences requires such protective actions.
A law-firm employee can usually refuse to answer questions about client confidences, under the doctrine of attorney-client privilege.
Preserving client confidences is critically important in advocacy, many lawyers say, because without such confidences, clients might be reluctant to tell their lawyers everything relevant to representation.
"Gupta had achieved extraordinary personal success and was at the pinnacle of a profession built on protection client confidences".
Stephen Gillers's proposal that lawyers be required to disclose client confidences regarding potentially dangerous products should be rejected.
