diff --git a/app/components/SocketProvider.js b/app/components/SocketProvider.js
index 37361762..154b8b37 100644
--- a/app/components/SocketProvider.js
+++ b/app/components/SocketProvider.js
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ class SocketProvider extends React.Component<Props> {
             if (document) {
               document.deletedAt = documentDescriptor.updatedAt;
             }
+            policies.remove(documentId);
+
             continue;
           }
 
@@ -172,7 +174,21 @@ class SocketProvider extends React.Component<Props> {
           const collection = collections.get(collectionId) || {};
 
           if (event.event === "collections.delete") {
+            const collection = collections.get(collectionId);
+            if (collection) {
+              collection.deletedAt = collectionDescriptor.updatedAt;
+            }
+
+            const deletedDocuments = documents.inCollection(collectionId);
+            deletedDocuments.forEach((doc) => {
+              doc.deletedAt = collectionDescriptor.updatedAt;
+              policies.remove(doc.id);
+            });
+
             documents.removeCollectionDocuments(collectionId);
+            memberships.removeCollectionMemberships(collectionId);
+            collections.remove(collectionId);
+            policies.remove(collectionId);
             continue;
           }
 
@@ -187,9 +203,10 @@ class SocketProvider extends React.Component<Props> {
             await collections.fetch(collectionId, { force: true });
           } catch (err) {
             if (err.statusCode === 404 || err.statusCode === 403) {
-              collections.remove(collectionId);
               documents.removeCollectionDocuments(collectionId);
               memberships.removeCollectionMemberships(collectionId);
+              collections.remove(collectionId);
+              policies.remove(collectionId);
               return;
             }
           }
diff --git a/app/scenes/Collection.js b/app/scenes/Collection.js
index 3073d5ae..a0bc5d3d 100644
--- a/app/scenes/Collection.js
+++ b/app/scenes/Collection.js
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import Tab from "components/Tab";
 import Tabs from "components/Tabs";
 import Tooltip from "components/Tooltip";
 import CollectionMenu from "menus/CollectionMenu";
+import { AuthorizationError } from "utils/errors";
 import { newDocumentUrl, collectionUrl } from "utils/routeHelpers";
 
 type Props = {
@@ -65,6 +66,15 @@ class CollectionScene extends React.Component<Props> {
   componentDidUpdate(prevProps) {
     const { id } = this.props.match.params;
 
+    if (this.collection) {
+      const { collection } = this;
+      const policy = this.props.policies.get(collection.id);
+
+      if (!policy) {
+        this.loadContent(collection.id);
+      }
+    }
+
     if (id && id !== prevProps.match.params.id) {
       this.loadContent(id);
     }
@@ -75,18 +85,24 @@ class CollectionScene extends React.Component<Props> {
   }
 
   loadContent = async (id: string) => {
-    const collection = await this.props.collections.fetch(id);
+    try {
+      const collection = await this.props.collections.fetch(id);
 
-    if (collection) {
-      this.props.ui.setActiveCollection(collection);
-      this.collection = collection;
+      if (collection) {
+        this.props.ui.setActiveCollection(collection);
+        this.collection = collection;
 
-      await this.props.documents.fetchPinned({
-        collectionId: id,
-      });
+        await this.props.documents.fetchPinned({
+          collectionId: id,
+        });
+      }
+    } catch (error) {
+      if (error instanceof AuthorizationError) {
+        this.collection = null;
+      }
+    } finally {
+      this.isFetching = false;
     }
-
-    this.isFetching = false;
   };
 
   onNewDocument = (ev: SyntheticEvent<>) => {
diff --git a/app/scenes/Document/components/DataLoader.js b/app/scenes/Document/components/DataLoader.js
index ee119623..22b1a18c 100644
--- a/app/scenes/Document/components/DataLoader.js
+++ b/app/scenes/Document/components/DataLoader.js
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ class DataLoader extends React.Component<Props> {
     // reload from the server otherwise the UI will not know which authorizations
     // the user has
     if (this.document) {
-      const policy = this.props.policies.get(this.document.id);
+      const document = this.document;
+      const policy = this.props.policies.get(document.id);
 
       if (!policy && !this.error) {
         this.loadDocument();
diff --git a/server/api/documents.js b/server/api/documents.js
index 20819377..0de6afd3 100644
--- a/server/api/documents.js
+++ b/server/api/documents.js
@@ -407,11 +407,15 @@ async function loadDocument({ id, shareId, user }) {
       authorize(user, "read", document);
     }
   } else {
-    document = await Document.findByPk(
-      id,
-      user ? { userId: user.id } : undefined
-    );
-    authorize(user, "read", document);
+    document = await Document.findByPk(id, {
+      userId: user ? user.id : undefined,
+      paranoid: false,
+    });
+    if (document.deletedAt) {
+      authorize(user, "restore", document);
+    } else {
+      authorize(user, "read", document);
+    }
   }
 
   return document;