You can use Sharepoint Client Object Model for this. Here is how to do it on the current web: function CheckPermissionOnWeb() { context = new SP.ClientContext.get_current(); web = context.get_web(); this._currentUser = web.get_currentUser(); context.load(this._currentUser); context.load(web,'EffectiveBasePermissions'); context.executeQueryAsync(Function.createDelegate(this, this.onSuccessMethod), Function.createDelegate(this, this.onFailureMethod)); } function onSuccessMethod(sender, args) { if (web.get_effectiveBasePermissions().has(SP.PermissionKind.editListItems)) { //User Has Edit Permissions alert('YEAH, edit list permissions!'); } } } from http://spdailytips.blogspot.se/2011/09/check-current-user-permission.html [Here][1] you can find all the possible values for the Enum SP.PermissionKind. This pattern will work on a List or a ListItem as well (like a page). Just make sure to load the object with `context.load(theItem, 'EffectiveBasePermissions');` [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee556747%28v=office.14%29.aspx