diff --git a/packages/component-faraday-ui/src/EditorialReportCard.js b/packages/component-faraday-ui/src/EditorialReportCard.js
index 9f326c34063697f2aa29ed40f35047d22e86f605..1f394ee94dd7a7af80267eadfc9e59aeb07161b1 100644
--- a/packages/component-faraday-ui/src/EditorialReportCard.js
+++ b/packages/component-faraday-ui/src/EditorialReportCard.js
@@ -69,13 +69,13 @@ const EditorialReportCard = ({
 
 export default compose(
   withHandlers({
-    getReviewerRole: ({ report }) => () => {
+    getEditorRole: ({ report }) => () => {
       if (get(report, 'reviewer.handlingEditor')) {
         return 'HE'
       }
       return get(report, 'reviewer.editorInChief') ? 'EiC' : ''
     },
-    getReviewerName: ({ report }) => () =>
+    getEditorName: ({ report }) => () =>
       `${get(report, 'reviewer.firstName', '')} ${get(
         report,
         'reviewer.lastName',
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ export default compose(
   withProps(
     ({
       report,
-      getReviewerRole,
-      getReviewerName,
+      getEditorRole,
+      getEditorName,
       getHandlingEditorName,
       getRecommendationLabel,
     }) => ({
@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ export default compose(
       publicReport: getReportComments({ report, isPublic: true }),
       privateReport: getReportComments({ report, isPublic: false }),
       handlingEditorName: getHandlingEditorName(),
-      editorName: getReviewerName(),
-      editorRole: getReviewerRole(),
+      editorName: getEditorName(),
+      editorRole: getEditorRole(),
     }),
   ),
 )(EditorialReportCard)
diff --git a/packages/component-faraday-ui/src/contextualBoxes/AuthorReviews.js b/packages/component-faraday-ui/src/contextualBoxes/AuthorReviews.js
index 447a7614b1a06bf362b4d03db9d0d4a6244a571e..1bd5ca285bd9e16c2af76402abe6689c3bf2738a 100644
--- a/packages/component-faraday-ui/src/contextualBoxes/AuthorReviews.js
+++ b/packages/component-faraday-ui/src/contextualBoxes/AuthorReviews.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const SubmittedReportsNumberForAuthorReviews = ({ reports }) => (
 )
 
 const AuthorReviews = ({ invitations, journal, reports, fragment }) =>
-  reports.length && (
+  reports.length > 0 && (
     <ContextualBox
       label="Review Reports"
       rightChildren={
diff --git a/packages/component-faraday-ui/src/manuscriptDetails/ManuscriptHeader.js b/packages/component-faraday-ui/src/manuscriptDetails/ManuscriptHeader.js
index 70c2afdd45b6ddaf6027801ad72a21902afed42c..b7e6f5389f196f87344e2b5f35a2f0630117c644 100644
--- a/packages/component-faraday-ui/src/manuscriptDetails/ManuscriptHeader.js
+++ b/packages/component-faraday-ui/src/manuscriptDetails/ManuscriptHeader.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const ManuscriptHeader = ({
   fragment = {},
   manuscriptType = {},
   editorInChief = 'Unassigned',
-  collection: { visibleStatus = 'Draft', customId },
+  collection: { visibleStatus = 'Draft', customId, handlingEditor },
 }) => {
   const { authors = [], metadata = {}, submitted = null } = fragment
   const { title = 'No title', journal = '', type = '' } = metadata
@@ -116,18 +116,25 @@ export default compose(
       revokeInvitation,
       pendingInvitation = {},
       handlingEditors = [],
-      currentUser: { permissions: { canAssignHE }, id: currentUserId },
+      currentUser: {
+        permissions: { canAssignHE },
+        id: currentUserId,
+        admin,
+        editorInChief,
+      },
       collection: { handlingEditor },
+      currentUser,
     }) => () => {
       if (pendingInvitation.userId === currentUserId) {
         return <Text ml={1}>Invited</Text>
       }
-      if (pendingInvitation.userId) {
+      if (pendingInvitation.userId && (admin || editorInChief)) {
         const person = chain(handlingEditors)
           .filter(he => he.id === pendingInvitation.userId)
           .map(he => ({ ...he, name: `${he.firstName} ${he.lastName}` }))
           .first()
           .value()
+
         return (
           <PersonInvitation
             isFetching={isFetching}
@@ -140,6 +147,7 @@ export default compose(
           />
         )
       }
+
       if (heInvitation) {
         return <Text ml={1}>{handlingEditor.name}</Text>
       }
diff --git a/packages/component-manuscript/src/components/ManuscriptLayout.js b/packages/component-manuscript/src/components/ManuscriptLayout.js
index f78aac588a8a3e8afccf1252e70fdb14e22d6919..ff0edc3b07796666fa8a85ea258a9f14b88decf8 100644
--- a/packages/component-manuscript/src/components/ManuscriptLayout.js
+++ b/packages/component-manuscript/src/components/ManuscriptLayout.js
@@ -76,12 +76,12 @@ const ManuscriptLayout = ({
           getSignedUrl={getSignedUrl}
           history={history}
         />
-
         <ManuscriptHeader
           collection={collection}
           currentUser={currentUser}
           editorInChief={editorInChief}
           fragment={fragment}
+          handlingEditors={handlingEditors}
           inviteHE={toggleAssignHE}
           isFetching={isFetching.editorsFetching}
           journal={journal}
diff --git a/packages/component-manuscript/src/redux/editors.js b/packages/component-manuscript/src/redux/editors.js
index ffe5ac1f4fd9382d1899270f2d419b7701528055..e28c0dd29ff392776fa2092639ec8fceda19026a 100644
--- a/packages/component-manuscript/src/redux/editors.js
+++ b/packages/component-manuscript/src/redux/editors.js
@@ -43,22 +43,11 @@ export const getHandlingEditors = () => dispatch =>
     dispatch(setHandlingEditors(res.users)),
   )
 
-export const assignHandlingEditor = ({ email, collectionId }) => dispatch => {
-  dispatch(editorsRequest())
-  return create(`/collections/${collectionId}/invitations`, {
+export const assignHandlingEditor = ({ email, collectionId }) =>
+  create(`/collections/${collectionId}/invitations`, {
     email,
     role: 'handlingEditor',
-  }).then(
-    res => {
-      dispatch(editorsDone())
-      return res
-    },
-    err => {
-      dispatch(editorsDone())
-      throw err
-    },
-  )
-}
+  })
 
 export const revokeHandlingEditor = ({
   invitationId,
diff --git a/packages/xpub-faraday/config/authsome-helpers.js b/packages/xpub-faraday/config/authsome-helpers.js
index c962ebd7c50c2c70c4a60e310368f00e089682c2..1f885f1b2d421e5fd996f2c37de90f2ba8aa659d 100644
--- a/packages/xpub-faraday/config/authsome-helpers.js
+++ b/packages/xpub-faraday/config/authsome-helpers.js
@@ -4,10 +4,8 @@ const logger = require('@pubsweet/logger')
 
 const statuses = config.get('statuses')
 
-const keysToOmit = ['email', 'id']
 const publicStatusesPermissions = ['author', 'reviewer']
 const authorAllowedStatuses = ['revisionRequested', 'rejected', 'accepted']
-const authorCanViewHENameStatuses = ['rejected', 'accepted']
 
 const parseAuthorsData = (coll, matchingCollPerm) => {
   if (['reviewer'].includes(matchingCollPerm.permission)) {
@@ -138,24 +136,6 @@ const filterAuthorRecommendations = (recommendations, status, isLast) => {
   return []
 }
 
-const stripeCollectionByRole = ({ collection = {}, role = '' }) => {
-  if (role === 'author') {
-    const { handlingEditor } = collection
-
-    if (!authorCanViewHENameStatuses.includes(collection.status)) {
-      return {
-        ...collection,
-        handlingEditor: handlingEditor &&
-          handlingEditor.isAccepted && {
-            ...omit(handlingEditor, keysToOmit),
-            name: 'Assigned',
-          },
-      }
-    }
-  }
-  return collection
-}
-
 const stripeFragmentByRole = ({
   fragment = {},
   role = '',
@@ -255,11 +235,6 @@ const getCollections = async ({ user, models }) => {
       const status = get(collection, 'status', 'draft')
       collection.visibleStatus = get(statuses, `${status}.${up.role}.label`)
 
-      const stripedColl = stripeCollectionByRole({
-        collection,
-        role: up.role,
-      })
-
       const role = get(up, 'role', 'author')
 
       let visibleStatus = get(statuses, `${status}.${role}.label`)
@@ -272,7 +247,7 @@ const getCollections = async ({ user, models }) => {
         })
       }
 
-      return { ...stripedColl, visibleStatus }
+      return { ...collection, visibleStatus }
     }),
   )).filter(Boolean)
 }
@@ -316,7 +291,6 @@ module.exports = {
   hasPermissionForObject,
   isInDraft,
   hasFragmentInDraft,
-  stripeCollectionByRole,
   stripeFragmentByRole,
   getUsersList,
   parseUser,
diff --git a/packages/xpub-faraday/config/authsome-mode.js b/packages/xpub-faraday/config/authsome-mode.js
index e480663e8f3c835340f53bf92251dd3a679d04d8..7b269f3855277ae6aea96a9afca4043f647af6f2 100644
--- a/packages/xpub-faraday/config/authsome-mode.js
+++ b/packages/xpub-faraday/config/authsome-mode.js
@@ -96,13 +96,8 @@ async function applyAuthenticatedUserPolicy(user, operation, object, context) {
             )
           }
 
-          const parsedCollection = helpers.stripeCollectionByRole({
-            collection,
-            role,
-          })
-
           return {
-            ...parsedCollection,
+            ...collection,
             visibleStatus,
           }
         },
diff --git a/packages/xpub-faraday/tests/config/authsome-helpers.test.js b/packages/xpub-faraday/tests/config/authsome-helpers.test.js
index ced5b1e955140c07bfa275ae1736d1e34edc909a..0e51ce6aed419d58cda2bf016f2bbc09d821e8b5 100644
--- a/packages/xpub-faraday/tests/config/authsome-helpers.test.js
+++ b/packages/xpub-faraday/tests/config/authsome-helpers.test.js
@@ -9,90 +9,6 @@ describe('Authsome Helpers', () => {
     testFixtures = cloneDeep(fixturesService.fixtures)
     models = fixturesService.Model.build(testFixtures)
   })
-  it('stripeCollection - should return collection', () => {
-    const { collection } = testFixtures.collections
-    const result = ah.stripeCollectionByRole({ collection })
-    expect(result).toBeTruthy()
-  })
-  it('stripeFragment - should return fragment', () => {
-    const { fragment } = testFixtures.fragments
-    const result = ah.stripeFragmentByRole({ fragment })
-    expect(result).toBeTruthy()
-  })
-
-  it('stripeCollection - author should not see accepted HE name before recommendation made', () => {
-    const { collection } = testFixtures.collections
-    collection.status = 'underReview'
-    collection.handlingEditor = {
-      ...collection.handlingEditor,
-      isAccepted: true,
-    }
-
-    const role = 'author'
-    const result = ah.stripeCollectionByRole({ collection, role })
-    const { handlingEditor = {} } = result
-
-    expect(handlingEditor.email).toBeFalsy()
-    expect(handlingEditor.name).toEqual('Assigned')
-  })
-
-  it('stripeCollection - author should not see Assigned until HE accepted ', () => {
-    const { collection } = testFixtures.collections
-    collection.status = 'underReview'
-    collection.handlingEditor = {
-      ...collection.handlingEditor,
-      isAccepted: false,
-    }
-
-    const role = 'author'
-    const result = ah.stripeCollectionByRole({ collection, role })
-    const { handlingEditor = {} } = result
-
-    expect(handlingEditor).toBeFalsy()
-    expect(handlingEditor.name).not.toEqual('Assigned')
-  })
-
-  it('stripeCollection - author should see HE name after recommendation made', () => {
-    const { collection } = testFixtures.collections
-    collection.status = 'revisionRequested'
-
-    const role = 'author'
-    const result = ah.stripeCollectionByRole({ collection, role })
-    const { handlingEditor = {} } = result
-
-    expect(handlingEditor.name).not.toEqual('Assigned')
-  })
-
-  it('stripeCollection - other user than author should see HE name before recommendation made', () => {
-    const { collection } = testFixtures.collections
-    collection.status = 'underReview'
-
-    const role = 'admin'
-    const result = ah.stripeCollectionByRole({ collection, role })
-    const { handlingEditor = {} } = result
-
-    expect(handlingEditor.name).not.toEqual('Assigned')
-  })
-
-  it('stripeCollection - other user than author should see HE name after recommendation made', () => {
-    const { collection } = testFixtures.collections
-    collection.status = 'revisionRequested'
-
-    const role = 'admin'
-    const result = ah.stripeCollectionByRole({ collection, role })
-    const { handlingEditor = {} } = result
-
-    expect(handlingEditor.name).not.toEqual('Assigned')
-  })
-
-  it('stripeCollection - returns if collection does not have HE', () => {
-    const { collection } = testFixtures.collections
-    delete collection.handlingEditor
-
-    const role = 'admin'
-    const result = ah.stripeCollectionByRole({ collection, role })
-    expect(result.handlingEditor).toBeFalsy()
-  })
 
   describe('stripeFragmentByRole', () => {
     it('reviewer should not see authors email', () => {