diff --git a/lib/pact_broker/domain/pact.rb b/lib/pact_broker/domain/pact.rb
index c66cb214c..6bdea39ca 100644
--- a/lib/pact_broker/domain/pact.rb
+++ b/lib/pact_broker/domain/pact.rb
@@ -6,8 +6,12 @@
 =end
 
 module PactBroker
+  class UnsetAttributeError < StandardError; end
+  class UnsetAttribute; end
+
   module Domain
     class Pact
+
       # The ID is the pact_publication ID
       attr_accessor :id,
         :provider,
@@ -21,7 +25,8 @@ class Pact
         :latest_verification,
         :head_tag_names
 
-      def initialize attributes
+      def initialize attributes = {}
+        @latest_verification = UnsetAttribute.new
         attributes.each_pair do | key, value |
           self.send(key.to_s + "=", value)
         end
@@ -47,6 +52,10 @@ def latest_consumer_version_tag_names= latest_consumer_version_tag_names
         @latest_consumer_version_tag_names = latest_consumer_version_tag_names
       end
 
+      def latest_verification
+        get_attribute_if_set :latest_verification
+      end
+
       def to_s
         "Pact: consumer=#{consumer.name} provider=#{provider.name}"
       end
@@ -88,6 +97,19 @@ def pending?
       def pact_version
         db_model.pact_version
       end
+
+      # This class has various incarnations with different properties loaded.
+      # They should probably be different classes, but for now, raise an error if
+      # an attribute is called when it hasn't been set in the constuctor, because
+      # returning nil when there should be an object causes bugs.
+      def get_attribute_if_set attribute_name
+        val = instance_variable_get("@#{attribute_name}".to_sym)
+        if val.is_a?(UnsetAttribute)
+          raise UnsetAttributeError.new("Attribute #{attribute_name} not set")
+        else
+          val
+        end
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/pact_broker/pacts/all_pact_publications.rb b/lib/pact_broker/pacts/all_pact_publications.rb
index 261eb9292..60bb812bd 100644
--- a/lib/pact_broker/pacts/all_pact_publications.rb
+++ b/lib/pact_broker/pacts/all_pact_publications.rb
@@ -93,8 +93,10 @@ def to_domain_without_tags
           number: consumer_version_number,
           order: consumer_version_order,
           pacticipant: consumer,
-          tags: nil)
-        Domain::Pact.new(id: id,
+          tags: nil
+        )
+        Domain::Pact.new(
+          id: id,
           consumer: consumer,
           consumer_version: consumer_version,
           provider: provider,
@@ -103,7 +105,9 @@ def to_domain_without_tags
           pact_version_sha: pact_version_sha,
           created_at: created_at,
           head_tag_names: head_tag_names,
-          db_model: self)
+          latest_verification: pact_version.latest_verification,
+          db_model: self
+        )
       end
 
       def head_tag_names
diff --git a/lib/pact_broker/pacts/pact_publication.rb b/lib/pact_broker/pacts/pact_publication.rb
index 3ca1aeba6..f09a5da5f 100644
--- a/lib/pact_broker/pacts/pact_publication.rb
+++ b/lib/pact_broker/pacts/pact_publication.rb
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ def to_domain
           revision_number: revision_number,
           json_content: pact_version.content,
           pact_version_sha: pact_version.sha,
-          latest_verification: nil,
+          latest_verification: pact_version.latest_verification,
           created_at: created_at,
           head_tag_names: [],
           db_model: self
diff --git a/spec/lib/pact_broker/domain/pact_spec.rb b/spec/lib/pact_broker/domain/pact_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4c203be90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/lib/pact_broker/domain/pact_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+require 'pact_broker/domain/pact'
+
+module PactBroker
+  module Domain
+    describe Pact do
+      describe "latest_verification" do
+        context "when it has been set to an object" do
+          subject { Pact.new(latest_verification: 'verification') }
+
+          its(:latest_verification) { is_expected.to eq 'verification' }
+        end
+
+        context "when it has been set to nil" do
+          subject { Pact.new(latest_verification: nil) }
+
+          its(:latest_verification) { is_expected.to eq nil }
+        end
+
+        context "when it has not been set" do
+          it "raises an error" do
+            expect { Pact.new.latest_verification.foo }.to raise_error UnsetAttributeError
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/lib/pact_broker/pacts/pact_publication_spec.rb b/spec/lib/pact_broker/pacts/pact_publication_spec.rb
index 528cea57c..e9263b383 100644
--- a/spec/lib/pact_broker/pacts/pact_publication_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/pact_broker/pacts/pact_publication_spec.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,28 @@
 module PactBroker
   module Pacts
     describe PactPublication do
+      describe "to_domain" do
+        before do
+          td.create_pact_with_verification("Foo", "1", "Bar", "2")
+        end
+
+        subject { PactPublication.first.to_domain }
+
+        its(:latest_verification) { is_expected.to_not be nil }
+      end
+
+      describe "to_domain_lightweight" do
+        before do
+          td.create_pact_with_verification("Foo", "1", "Bar", "2")
+        end
+
+        subject { PactPublication.first.to_domain_lightweight }
+
+        it "raises an error if you try to access the latest_verification" do
+          expect { subject.latest_verification }.to raise_error PactBroker::UnsetAttributeError
+        end
+      end
+
       describe "save and upsert" do
         before do
           td.create_consumer