I suspect that the answer would be no. When they create a tax avoidance scheme they "sell" it to clients who then use it to claim money. What happens if it goes pear-shaped is that the client sues them as in the instance I quoted earlier.

Incidentally have you noticed the banks have gone on strike?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6979933.stm

Of course it isn't called that when they do it - but that's what it is. Dodgy dealings in the sub-prime market and the Bank of England looks as if it is bailing them out!

Nice one free market!