diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Controllers/BackOfficeNotificationsController.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Controllers/BackOfficeNotificationsController.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d84c3f9253
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Controllers/BackOfficeNotificationsController.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
+using Umbraco.Web.WebApi.Filters;
+
+namespace Umbraco.Web.Editors
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// An abstract controller that automatically checks if any request is a non-GET and if the
+    /// resulting message is INotificationModel in which case it will append any Event Messages
+    /// currently in the request.
+    /// </summary>
+    [TypeFilter(typeof(AppendCurrentEventMessagesAttribute))]
+    public abstract class BackOfficeNotificationsController : UmbracoAuthorizedJsonController
+    {
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/WebApi/Filters/AppendCurrentEventMessagesAttribute.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Filters/AppendCurrentEventMessagesAttribute.cs
similarity index 65%
rename from src/Umbraco.Web/WebApi/Filters/AppendCurrentEventMessagesAttribute.cs
rename to src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Filters/AppendCurrentEventMessagesAttribute.cs
index 949d5daced..60a4ae375f 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/WebApi/Filters/AppendCurrentEventMessagesAttribute.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Filters/AppendCurrentEventMessagesAttribute.cs
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 using System;
 using System.Net.Http;
-using System.Web.Http.Filters;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Filters;
 using Umbraco.Core.Events;
-using Umbraco.Web.Composing;
 using Umbraco.Web.Models.ContentEditing;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Web.WebApi.Filters
@@ -14,19 +14,28 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.WebApi.Filters
     /// </summary>
     internal sealed class AppendCurrentEventMessagesAttribute : ActionFilterAttribute
     {
-        public override void OnActionExecuted(HttpActionExecutedContext context)
-        {
-            if (context.Response == null) return;
-            if (context.Request.Method == HttpMethod.Get) return;
-            if (Current.UmbracoContext == null) return;
+        private readonly IUmbracoContextAccessor _umbracoContextAccessor;
+        private readonly IEventMessagesFactory _eventMessagesFactory;
 
-            var obj = context.Response.Content as ObjectContent;
-            if (obj == null) return;
+        public AppendCurrentEventMessagesAttribute(IUmbracoContextAccessor umbracoContextAccessor, IEventMessagesFactory eventMessagesFactory)
+        {
+            _umbracoContextAccessor = umbracoContextAccessor;
+            _eventMessagesFactory = eventMessagesFactory;
+        }
+
+        public override void OnActionExecuted(ActionExecutedContext context)
+        {
+            if (context.HttpContext.Response == null) return;
+            if (context.HttpContext.Request.Method.Equals(HttpMethod.Get.ToString(), StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase)) return;
+            var umbracoContext = _umbracoContextAccessor.UmbracoContext;
+            if (umbracoContext == null) return;
+
+            if(!(context.Result is ObjectResult obj)) return;
 
             var notifications = obj.Value as INotificationModel;
             if (notifications == null) return;
 
-            var msgs = Current.EventMessages;
+            var msgs = _eventMessagesFactory.GetOrDefault();
             if (msgs == null) return;
 
             foreach (var eventMessage in msgs.GetAll())
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/BackOfficeNotificationsController.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/BackOfficeNotificationsController.cs
index fe9e82c580..b4a71a8840 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/BackOfficeNotificationsController.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/BackOfficeNotificationsController.cs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Editors
     /// resulting message is INotificationModel in which case it will append any Event Messages
     /// currently in the request.
     /// </summary>
-    [AppendCurrentEventMessages]
+    //[AppendCurrentEventMessages] // Moved to netcore
     [PrefixlessBodyModelValidator]
     public abstract class BackOfficeNotificationsController : UmbracoAuthorizedJsonController
     {
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj
index 2db3dcd909..c747d5f19b 100755
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj
@@ -390,7 +390,6 @@
     <Compile Include="WebApi\AngularJsonOnlyConfigurationAttribute.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Editors\Binders\MemberBinder.cs" />
     <Compile Include="WebApi\Filters\AngularAntiForgeryHelper.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="WebApi\Filters\AppendCurrentEventMessagesAttribute.cs" />
     <Compile Include="WebApi\Filters\ClearAngularAntiForgeryTokenAttribute.cs" />
     <Compile Include="WebApi\Filters\DisableBrowserCacheAttribute.cs" />
     <Compile Include="WebApi\Filters\EnableOverrideAuthorizationAttribute.cs" />