diff --git a/packages/types/src/Method.spec.ts b/packages/types/src/Method.spec.ts
index 15ec24fcf7..fff6931420 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/Method.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/Method.spec.ts
@@ -25,4 +25,35 @@ describe('Method', () => {
       }).toU8a()
     ).toEqual(new Uint8Array([1, 2]));
   });
+
+  it('handles creation from a hex value properly', () => {
+    expect(
+      new Method('0x0102').toU8a()
+    ).toEqual(new Uint8Array([1, 2]));
+  });
+
+  describe('hasOrigin', () => {
+    const test = {
+      args: [],
+      callIndex: [1, 2]
+    };
+
+    it('is false with no arguments', () => {
+      expect(
+        new Method(test, { arguments: [] } as any).hasOrigin
+      ).toEqual(false);
+    });
+
+    it('is false with first argument as non-Origin', () => {
+      expect(
+        new Method(test, { arguments: [{ name: 'a', type: 'u32' }] } as any).hasOrigin
+      ).toEqual(false);
+    });
+
+    it('is false with first argument as non-Origin', () => {
+      expect(
+        new Method(test, { arguments: [{ name: 'a', type: 'Origin' }] } as any).hasOrigin
+      ).toEqual(true);
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/types/src/Method.ts b/packages/types/src/Method.ts
index 636a058df7..cf65515b3c 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/Method.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/Method.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 import { AnyU8a, Codec, Constructor } from './types';
 
-import { assert, isHex, isObject, isU8a } from '@polkadot/util';
+import { assert, isHex, isObject, isU8a, hexToU8a } from '@polkadot/util';
 
 import { getTypeDef, getTypeClass } from './codec/createType';
 import Struct from './codec/Struct';
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ export default class Method extends Struct {
    */
   private static decodeMethod (value: DecodedMethod | Uint8Array | string, _meta?: FunctionMetadata): DecodedMethod {
     if (isHex(value)) {
-      return Method.decodeMethod(value, _meta);
+      return Method.decodeMethod(hexToU8a(value), _meta);
     } else if (isU8a(value)) {
       // The first 2 bytes are the callIndex
       const callIndex = value.subarray(0, 2);
@@ -219,6 +219,15 @@ export default class Method extends Struct {
     return (this.get('args') as Struct).toU8a();
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @description `true` if the `Origin` type is on the method (extrinsic method)
+   */
+  get hasOrigin (): boolean {
+    const firstArg = this.meta.arguments[0];
+
+    return !!firstArg && firstArg.type.toString() === 'Origin';
+  }
+
   /**
    * @description The [[FunctionMetadata]]
    */