The Ministry of Justice, a popular subject for the tweetings of fellow gavellers, appears to have blundered into a legal myth.

Didn’t see it first time? Have a closer look.

Oh yes. The irony is that “basic, uncontested claims” would be unlikely to go before a judge, even if they did use gavels. Which, in England and Wales, they don’t.

Lawyers have noticed. 

@MoJGovUK @igavels As the department responsible for the Justice please can you let us know why you have used a gavel in your illustration?

— Edward Powell (@EdwardHandA) March 24, 2015

@igavels MOJ should know better….? pic.twitter.com/5RaD7wGDQt

— Tracy Luke (@TracyLuke4) March 24, 2015

We wonder if the government will put the brakes on inappropriate gavels?