Jacqueline Smart

Jacqueline Smart is a Door Tenant at Trinity Barristers Chambers in Newcastle upon Tyne, called to the Bar in 1981. She specializes in Chancery Law, Agriculture, Business, and Mental Health. She holds the appointment of Deputy District Judge since 2002 and teaches part-time on the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) at Northumbria University’s Business and Law School, focusing on Chancery options. Her expertise includes land law, trusts, wills, and contentious probate, with a focus on constructive trusts, proprietary estoppel, and family provision claims.

Education: LLB (Hons) from King’s College London. Professional memberships include the Chancery Bar Association, Northern Chancery Bar Association, and Middle Temple. She has delivered lectures on topics such as 'Proprietary Estoppel,' 'Contentious Probate,' and 'Benefit of Land Covenants.' From 2000–2012, she served on the Legal Services Commission Funding Review Panel, adjudicating appeals on public funding.

Her practice spans property disputes, inheritance matters, and professional negligence in chancery-related contexts, supported by her roles in legal education and judicial appointments.