diff --git a/code/CMSMenu.php b/code/CMSMenu.php
index 785e8d91..e13e7eff 100644
--- a/code/CMSMenu.php
+++ b/code/CMSMenu.php
@@ -206,7 +206,13 @@ class CMSMenu extends Object implements IteratorAggregate, i18nEntityProvider
 		if($allMenuItems) foreach($allMenuItems as $code => $menuItem) {
 			// exclude all items which have a controller to perform permission
 			// checks on
-			if($menuItem->controller && !singleton($menuItem->controller)->canView($member)) continue;
+			if($menuItem->controller) {
+				$controllerObj = singleton($menuItem->controller);
+				// Necessary for canView() to have request data available,
+				// e.g. to check permissions against LeftAndMain->currentPage()
+				$controllerObj->setRequest(Controller::curr()->getRequest());
+				if(!$controllerObj->canView($member)) continue;
+			}
 			
 			$viewableMenuItems[$code] = $menuItem;
 		}
diff --git a/code/LeftAndMain.php b/code/LeftAndMain.php
index a1056630..7bde28d4 100644
--- a/code/LeftAndMain.php
+++ b/code/LeftAndMain.php
@@ -109,7 +109,8 @@ class LeftAndMain extends Controller {
 	 */
 	function init() {
 		parent::init();
-		
+var_dump('init');		
+var_dump($this->request);
 		SSViewer::setOption('rewriteHashlinks', false);
 		
 		// set language
@@ -1002,6 +1003,7 @@ class LeftAndMain extends Controller {
 	 * @return int 
 	 */
 	public function currentPageID() {
+		if(!$this->request) SS_Backtrace::backtrace();
 		if($this->request->getVar('ID'))	{
 			return $this->request->getVar('ID');
 		} elseif ($this->request->param('ID') && is_numeric($this->request->param('ID'))) {