loss of confidence

For this to happen, the offences must be considered so serious as to lead to a "serious loss of confidence in the public service" or to have been "gravely injurious to the state," the newspaper said.

“I’d like to think there isn’t a loss of confidence.”

They are variously seeking damages for lost money, wasted time, and "stress, aggravation, frustration, loss of trust, loss of serenity, and loss of confidence in product labeling."

The memo, which summarised a series of meetings about the report, said that if the bug was widely known, it could cause a "loss of confidence in the Horizon system", provide branches with "ammunition to blame Horizon for future discrepancies" and have "potential impact upon ongoing legal cases".

That’s to say nothing of missed revenue because the company can’t meet customer demand and a longer-term loss of confidence that could drive shippers to choose trucks over rail.