diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/valpropertymsg.directive.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/valpropertymsg.directive.js
index 8fe135951c..c5dca948b2 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/valpropertymsg.directive.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/valpropertymsg.directive.js
@@ -115,6 +115,11 @@ function valPropertyMsg(serverValidationService) {
                     });
                 }
             });
+            
+            //when the element is disposed we need to unsubscribe!
+            element.bind('$destroy', function () {
+                serverValidationService.unsubscribe(currentProperty, "");
+            });
         }
     };
 }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/valserver.directive.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/valserver.directive.js
index 23bad62138..edfb151397 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/valserver.directive.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/valserver.directive.js
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ function valServer(serverValidationService) {
                     ctrl.errorMsg = "";
                 }
             });
+            
+            //when the element is disposed we need to unsubscribe!
+            element.bind('$destroy', function () {
+                serverValidationService.unsubscribe(currentProperty, fieldName);
+            });
         }
     };
 }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/valtogglemsg.directive.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/valtogglemsg.directive.js
index 779eb0fb37..a449bc1bb8 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/valtogglemsg.directive.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/valtogglemsg.directive.js
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ function valToggleMsg() {
             var showValidation = false;
             var hasError = false;
 
-            //add a watch to the validator for the value (i.e. $parent.myForm.value.$error.required )
+            //add a watch to the validator for the value (i.e. myForm.value.$error.required )
             scope.$watch(formCtrl.$name + "." + attr.valMsgFor + ".$error." + attr.valToggleMsg, function (isInvalid, oldValue) {
                 hasError = isInvalid;
                 if (hasError && showValidation) {
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/services/servervalidation.service.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/services/servervalidation.service.js
index 90e913b59c..601725b923 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/services/servervalidation.service.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/services/servervalidation.service.js
@@ -37,6 +37,17 @@ function serverValidationService() {
             }            
         },
         
+        unsubscribe: function(contentProperty, fieldName) {
+            if (!contentProperty) {
+                return;
+            }
+            callbacks = _.reject(callbacks, function (item) {
+                return item.propertyAlias == contentProperty.alias &&
+                (item.fieldName == fieldName ||
+                    ((item.fieldName == undefined || item.fieldName == "") && (fieldName == undefined || fieldName == "")));
+            });
+        },
+        
         /**
          * @ngdoc function
          * @name getCallbacks
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/content/contentedit.controller.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/content/contentedit.controller.js
index c5d6e1c5a8..97ba8a4602 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/content/contentedit.controller.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/content/contentedit.controller.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ function ContentEditController($scope, $routeParams, contentResource, notificati
      * @description
      * A function to handle what happens when we have validation issues from the server side
      */
+
     function handleSaveError(err) {
         //When the status is a 403 status, we have validation errors.
         //Otherwise the error is probably due to invalid data (i.e. someone mucking around with the ids or something).
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ function ContentEditController($scope, $routeParams, contentResource, notificati
         if (err.status == 403) {
             //now we need to look through all the validation errors
             if (err.data && err.data.ModelState) {
-                
+
                 //get a list of properties since they are contained in tabs
                 var allProps = [];
                 for (var i = 0; i < $scope.content.tabs.length; i++) {
@@ -54,6 +55,9 @@ function ContentEditController($scope, $routeParams, contentResource, notificati
                             //add a generic error for the property, no reference to a specific field
                             serverValidationService.addError(contentProperty, "", err.data.ModelState[e][0]);
                         }
+
+                        //add to notifications
+                        notificationsService.error("Validation", err.data.ModelState[e][0]);
                     }
                 }