diff --git a/magnolia-core/src/main/java/info/magnolia/jcr/util/SessionUtil.java b/magnolia-core/src/main/java/info/magnolia/jcr/util/SessionUtil.java
index dffc76f..2af5242 100644
--- a/magnolia-core/src/main/java/info/magnolia/jcr/util/SessionUtil.java
+++ b/magnolia-core/src/main/java/info/magnolia/jcr/util/SessionUtil.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 import info.magnolia.context.MgnlContext;
 import info.magnolia.jcr.wrapper.DelegateSessionWrapper;
 
+import javax.jcr.ItemNotFoundException;
 import javax.jcr.Node;
 import javax.jcr.RepositoryException;
 import javax.jcr.Session;
@@ -132,4 +133,97 @@
         }
         return res;
     }
+
+    /*
+     * Start: New by Christian for review
+     */
+    public static Boolean nodeExists(String workspace, String path) {
+        if (StringUtils.isBlank(workspace)) {
+            log.debug("nodeExists returns null because workspace: '{}' is empty", workspace);
+            return null;
+        }
+        if (StringUtils.isBlank(path)) {
+            log.debug("nodeExists returns null because path: '{}' is empty", path);
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        try {
+            Session session = MgnlContext.getJCRSession(workspace);
+            return session.nodeExists(path);
+        } catch (RepositoryException e) {
+            log.error("Exception: itemExists returns null trying to check node path '{}' in workspace: '{}'", path, workspace, e);
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    public static Boolean itemExists(String workspace, String path) {
+        if (StringUtils.isBlank(workspace)) {
+            log.debug("itemExists returns null because workspace: '{}' is empty", workspace);
+            return null;
+        }
+        if (StringUtils.isBlank(path)) {
+            log.debug("itemExists returns null because path: '{}' is empty", path);
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        try {
+            Session session = MgnlContext.getJCRSession(workspace);
+            return session.nodeExists(path);
+        } catch (RepositoryException e) {
+            log.error("Exception: itemExists returns null trying to check item path '{}' in workspace: '{}'", path, workspace, e);
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static Boolean propertyExists(String workspace, String path) {
+        if (StringUtils.isBlank(workspace)) {
+            log.debug("propertyExists returns null because workspace: '{}' is empty", workspace);
+            return null;
+        }
+        if (StringUtils.isBlank(path)) {
+            log.debug("propertyExists returns null because path: '{}' is empty", path);
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        try {
+            Session session = MgnlContext.getJCRSession(workspace);
+            return session.nodeExists(path);
+        } catch (RepositoryException e) {
+            log.error("Exception: propertyExists returns null trying to check property path '{}' in workspace: '{}'", path, workspace, e);
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static Boolean idExists(String id, String workspace) {
+        if (StringUtils.isBlank(workspace)) {
+            log.debug("idExists returns null because workspace: '{}' is empty", workspace);
+            return null;
+        }
+        if (StringUtils.isBlank(id)) {
+            log.debug("idExists returns null because id: '{}' is empty", id);
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        try {
+            Session session = MgnlContext.getJCRSession(workspace);
+            if (session != null) {
+                session.getNodeByIdentifier(id);
+                return true;
+            } else {
+                log.error("idExists returns null because no session to workspace '{}'was returend.", workspace);
+                return null;
+            }
+        } catch (ItemNotFoundException e) {
+            log.error("Exception: idExists return false because item with id '{}' doesn not existing in workspace: '{}'", id, workspace, e);
+            return false;
+
+        } catch (RepositoryException e) {
+            log.debug("Exception: idExists returns null while trying to resolve item id '{}' to a node within workspace: '{}'", id, workspace, e);
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+    /*
+     * End: New by Christian for review
+     */
 }