diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/shared/server/permissions.ts b/frontend/src/lib/shared/server/permissions.ts
index 11053859..bdd5d36c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/shared/server/permissions.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/shared/server/permissions.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { error } from '@sveltejs/kit';
+
 /**
  * Server-side permission predicates derived from the authenticated user in `locals`.
  *
@@ -12,3 +14,13 @@ type PermissionLocals = {
 export function hasWriteAll(locals: PermissionLocals): boolean {
 	return locals.user?.groups?.some((group) => group.permissions.includes('WRITE_ALL')) ?? false;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Throws a 403 unless the user holds WRITE_ALL. Anonymous users are rejected too
+ * — `hasWriteAll` returns false for a null user, so a single check covers both
+ * the unauthenticated and the under-privileged case. Server-side gate; the
+ * frontend canWrite flag only hides entry-point buttons.
+ */
+export function requireWriteAll(locals: PermissionLocals): void {
+	if (!hasWriteAll(locals)) throw error(403, 'Forbidden');
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/zeitstrahl/events/[id]/edit/+page.server.ts b/frontend/src/routes/zeitstrahl/events/[id]/edit/+page.server.ts
index 20bad3b7..fd1f5931 100644
--- a/frontend/src/routes/zeitstrahl/events/[id]/edit/+page.server.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/routes/zeitstrahl/events/[id]/edit/+page.server.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { error, fail, redirect } from '@sveltejs/kit';
 import { createApiClient, extractErrorCode } from '$lib/shared/api.server';
 import { getErrorMessage } from '$lib/shared/errors';
-import { hasWriteAll } from '$lib/shared/server/permissions';
+import { requireWriteAll } from '$lib/shared/server/permissions';
 import {
 	parseEventForm,
 	validateEventForm,
@@ -20,12 +20,7 @@ export async function load({
 	url: URL;
 	fetch: typeof globalThis.fetch;
 }) {
-	// Null-user guard first — avoids a TypeError on locals.user.groups for an
-	// unauthenticated request that reaches the route.
-	if (!locals.user) throw error(403, 'Forbidden');
-	// WRITE_ALL check mirrors Permission.WRITE_ALL — server-side gate; frontend
-	// canWrite flag is for hiding entry-point buttons only.
-	if (!hasWriteAll(locals)) throw error(403, 'Forbidden');
+	requireWriteAll(locals);
 
 	const api = createApiClient(fetch);
 	const result = await api.GET('/api/timeline/events/{id}', {
diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/zeitstrahl/events/new/+page.server.ts b/frontend/src/routes/zeitstrahl/events/new/+page.server.ts
index 68d68665..28f14a45 100644
--- a/frontend/src/routes/zeitstrahl/events/new/+page.server.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/routes/zeitstrahl/events/new/+page.server.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import { error, fail, redirect } from '@sveltejs/kit';
+import { fail, redirect } from '@sveltejs/kit';
 import { createApiClient, extractErrorCode } from '$lib/shared/api.server';
 import { getErrorMessage } from '$lib/shared/errors';
-import { hasWriteAll } from '$lib/shared/server/permissions';
+import { requireWriteAll } from '$lib/shared/server/permissions';
 import {
 	parseEventForm,
 	validateEventForm,
@@ -20,12 +20,7 @@ export async function load({
 	url: URL;
 	fetch: typeof globalThis.fetch;
 }) {
-	// Null-user guard first — avoids a TypeError on locals.user.groups for an
-	// unauthenticated request that reaches the route.
-	if (!locals.user) throw error(403, 'Forbidden');
-	// WRITE_ALL check mirrors Permission.WRITE_ALL — server-side gate; frontend
-	// canWrite flag is for hiding entry-point buttons only.
-	if (!hasWriteAll(locals)) throw error(403, 'Forbidden');
+	requireWriteAll(locals);
 
 	const api = createApiClient(fetch);
 	const personId = url.searchParams.get('personId');