Doh... I really am an r-tard. Yeah, I forgot to annotate ChildListBean with @Interceptors(SeamInterceptor.class) View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3984209#3984209 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=3984209