diff --git a/crates/core/database/src/models/users/model.rs b/crates/core/database/src/models/users/model.rs
index 8b0fcfe0..7967ad5c 100644
--- a/crates/core/database/src/models/users/model.rs
+++ b/crates/core/database/src/models/users/model.rs
@@ -162,6 +162,20 @@ impl User {
         Ok(user)
     }
 
+    /// Check whether two users have a mutual connection
+    ///
+    /// This will check if user and user_b share a server or a group.
+    pub async fn has_mutual_connection(&self, db: &Database, user_b: &str) -> Result<bool> {
+        Ok(!db
+            .fetch_mutual_server_ids(&self.id, user_b)
+            .await?
+            .is_empty()
+            || !db
+                .fetch_mutual_channel_ids(&self.id, user_b)
+                .await?
+                .is_empty())
+    }
+
     /// Sanitise and validate a username can be used
     pub fn validate_username(username: String) -> Result<String> {
         // Copy the username for validation
diff --git a/crates/core/database/src/util/permissions.rs b/crates/core/database/src/util/permissions.rs
index 1c850a98..d9be51b8 100644
--- a/crates/core/database/src/util/permissions.rs
+++ b/crates/core/database/src/util/permissions.rs
@@ -82,75 +82,262 @@ impl PermissionQuery for DatabasePermissionQuery<'_> {
 
     /// Do we have a mutual connection with the currently selected user?
     async fn have_mutual_connection(&mut self) -> bool {
-        // TODO: User::has_mutual_connection
-        false
+        if let Some(user) = &self.user {
+            // TODO: cache result?
+            matches!(
+                self.perspective
+                    .has_mutual_connection(self.database, &user.id)
+                    .await,
+                Ok(true)
+            )
+        } else {
+            false
+        }
     }
 
     // * For calculating server permission
 
     /// Is our perspective user the server's owner?
     async fn are_we_server_owner(&mut self) -> bool {
-        todo!()
+        if let Some(server) = &self.server {
+            server.owner == self.perspective.id
+        } else {
+            false
+        }
     }
 
     /// Is our perspective user a member of the server?
     async fn are_we_a_member(&mut self) -> bool {
-        todo!()
+        if let Some(server) = &self.server {
+            if self.member.is_some() {
+                true
+            } else {
+                self.database
+                    .fetch_member(&server.id, &self.perspective.id)
+                    .await
+                    .is_ok()
+            }
+        } else {
+            false
+        }
     }
 
     /// Get default server permission
     async fn get_default_server_permissions(&mut self) -> u64 {
-        todo!()
+        if let Some(server) = &self.server {
+            server.default_permissions as u64
+        } else {
+            0
+        }
     }
 
     /// Get the ordered role overrides (from lowest to highest) for this member in this server
     async fn get_our_server_role_overrides(&mut self) -> Vec<Override> {
-        todo!()
+        if let Some(server) = &self.server {
+            let member_roles = self
+                .member
+                .as_ref()
+                .map(|member| member.roles.clone())
+                .unwrap_or_default();
+
+            let mut roles = server
+                .roles
+                .iter()
+                .filter(|(id, _)| member_roles.contains(id))
+                .map(|(_, role)| {
+                    let v: Override = role.permissions.into();
+                    (role.rank, v)
+                })
+                .collect::<Vec<(i64, Override)>>();
+
+            roles.sort_by(|a, b| b.0.cmp(&a.0));
+            roles.into_iter().map(|(_, v)| v).collect()
+        } else {
+            vec![]
+        }
     }
 
     /// Is our perspective user timed out on this server?
     async fn are_we_timed_out(&mut self) -> bool {
-        todo!()
+        if let Some(member) = &self.member {
+            member.in_timeout()
+        } else {
+            false
+        }
     }
 
     // * For calculating channel permission
 
     /// Get the type of the channel
     async fn get_channel_type(&mut self) -> ChannelType {
-        todo!()
+        if let Some(channel) = &self.channel {
+            match channel {
+                Cow::Borrowed(Channel::DirectMessage { .. })
+                | Cow::Owned(Channel::DirectMessage { .. }) => ChannelType::DirectMessage,
+                Cow::Borrowed(Channel::Group { .. }) | Cow::Owned(Channel::Group { .. }) => {
+                    ChannelType::Group
+                }
+                Cow::Borrowed(Channel::SavedMessages { .. })
+                | Cow::Owned(Channel::SavedMessages { .. }) => ChannelType::SavedMessages,
+                Cow::Borrowed(Channel::TextChannel { .. })
+                | Cow::Owned(Channel::TextChannel { .. })
+                | Cow::Borrowed(Channel::VoiceChannel { .. })
+                | Cow::Owned(Channel::VoiceChannel { .. }) => ChannelType::ServerChannel,
+            }
+        } else {
+            ChannelType::Unknown
+        }
     }
 
     /// Get the default channel permissions
     /// Group channel defaults should be mapped to an allow-only override
     async fn get_default_channel_permissions(&mut self) -> Override {
-        todo!()
+        if let Some(channel) = &self.channel {
+            match channel {
+                Cow::Borrowed(Channel::Group { permissions, .. })
+                | Cow::Owned(Channel::Group { permissions, .. }) => Override {
+                    allow: permissions.unwrap_or_default() as u64,
+                    deny: 0,
+                },
+                Cow::Borrowed(Channel::TextChannel {
+                    default_permissions,
+                    ..
+                })
+                | Cow::Owned(Channel::TextChannel {
+                    default_permissions,
+                    ..
+                })
+                | Cow::Borrowed(Channel::VoiceChannel {
+                    default_permissions,
+                    ..
+                })
+                | Cow::Owned(Channel::VoiceChannel {
+                    default_permissions,
+                    ..
+                }) => default_permissions.unwrap_or_default().into(),
+                _ => Default::default(),
+            }
+        } else {
+            Default::default()
+        }
     }
 
     /// Get the ordered role overrides (from lowest to highest) for this member in this channel
     async fn get_our_channel_role_overrides(&mut self) -> Vec<Override> {
-        todo!()
+        if let Some(channel) = &self.channel {
+            match channel {
+                Cow::Borrowed(Channel::TextChannel {
+                    role_permissions, ..
+                })
+                | Cow::Owned(Channel::TextChannel {
+                    role_permissions, ..
+                })
+                | Cow::Borrowed(Channel::VoiceChannel {
+                    role_permissions, ..
+                })
+                | Cow::Owned(Channel::VoiceChannel {
+                    role_permissions, ..
+                }) => {
+                    if let Some(server) = &self.server {
+                        let member_roles = self
+                            .member
+                            .as_ref()
+                            .map(|member| member.roles.clone())
+                            .unwrap_or_default();
+
+                        let mut roles = role_permissions
+                            .iter()
+                            .filter(|(id, _)| member_roles.contains(id))
+                            .filter_map(|(id, permission)| {
+                                server.roles.get(id).map(|role| {
+                                    let v: Override = (*permission).into();
+                                    (role.rank, v)
+                                })
+                            })
+                            .collect::<Vec<(i64, Override)>>();
+
+                        roles.sort_by(|a, b| b.0.cmp(&a.0));
+                        roles.into_iter().map(|(_, v)| v).collect()
+                    } else {
+                        vec![]
+                    }
+                }
+                _ => vec![],
+            }
+        } else {
+            vec![]
+        }
     }
 
     /// Do we own this group or saved messages channel if it is one of those?
     async fn do_we_own_the_channel(&mut self) -> bool {
-        todo!()
+        if let Some(channel) = &self.channel {
+            match channel {
+                Cow::Borrowed(Channel::Group { owner, .. })
+                | Cow::Owned(Channel::Group { owner, .. }) => owner == &self.perspective.id,
+                Cow::Borrowed(Channel::SavedMessages { user, .. })
+                | Cow::Owned(Channel::SavedMessages { user, .. }) => user == &self.perspective.id,
+                _ => false,
+            }
+        } else {
+            false
+        }
     }
 
     /// Are we a recipient of this channel?
     async fn are_we_part_of_the_channel(&mut self) -> bool {
-        todo!()
+        if let Some(channel) = &self.channel {
+            match channel {
+                Cow::Borrowed(Channel::DirectMessage { recipients, .. })
+                | Cow::Owned(Channel::DirectMessage { recipients, .. })
+                | Cow::Borrowed(Channel::Group { recipients, .. })
+                | Cow::Owned(Channel::Group { recipients, .. }) => {
+                    recipients.contains(&self.perspective.id)
+                }
+                _ => false,
+            }
+        } else {
+            false
+        }
     }
 
     /// Set the current user as the recipient of this channel
     /// (this will only ever be called for DirectMessage channels, use unimplemented!() for other code paths)
     async fn set_recipient_as_user(&mut self) {
-        todo!()
+        if let Some(channel) = &self.channel {
+            match channel {
+                Cow::Borrowed(Channel::DirectMessage { recipients, .. })
+                | Cow::Owned(Channel::DirectMessage { recipients, .. }) => {
+                    let recipient_id = recipients
+                        .iter()
+                        .find(|recipient| recipient != &&self.perspective.id)
+                        .expect("Missing recipient for DM");
+
+                    if let Ok(user) = self.database.fetch_user(recipient_id).await {
+                        self.user.replace(Cow::Owned(user));
+                    }
+                }
+                _ => unimplemented!(),
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     /// Set the current server as the server owning this channel
     /// (this will only ever be called for server channels, use unimplemented!() for other code paths)
     async fn set_server_from_channel(&mut self) {
-        todo!()
+        if let Some(channel) = &self.channel {
+            match channel {
+                Cow::Borrowed(Channel::TextChannel { server, .. })
+                | Cow::Owned(Channel::TextChannel { server, .. })
+                | Cow::Borrowed(Channel::VoiceChannel { server, .. })
+                | Cow::Owned(Channel::VoiceChannel { server, .. }) => {
+                    if let Ok(server) = self.database.fetch_server(server).await {
+                        self.server.replace(Cow::Owned(server));
+                    }
+                }
+                _ => unimplemented!(),
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/core/permissions/src/models/server.rs b/crates/core/permissions/src/models/server.rs
index 6320248d..e4a47549 100644
--- a/crates/core/permissions/src/models/server.rs
+++ b/crates/core/permissions/src/models/server.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 use schemars::JsonSchema;
 
 /// Representation of a single permission override
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Eq, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Eq, PartialEq, Default)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize))]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "schemas", derive(JsonSchema))]
 pub struct Override {