Greg J. Smith
Barrister
Greg was admitted as a solicitor in 1995 and was accredited by the Law Society of New South Wales as a Specialist in Wills & Estates in 2002. Prior to going to the Bar in 2011, he worked for 14 years as an advocate solicitor specialising in family provision, equity, probate, protected estates and property litigation for various firms simultaneously.
Before that, Greg was a solicitor at the Permanent Trustee Company and before that a Legal Officer at the Public Trustee where he wrote the probate practice and procedure manuals.
From 2012 to 2014, Greg was the Lecturer in the Family Provision subject in the Masters of Applied Laws program at the College of Law. Over the years, Greg has spoken on numerous occasions at various CLE presentations.
Admissions
Admitted to the Bar (New South Wales): 2011
Admitted as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales: 1995
Areas of Practice
Equity and Trusts
Property Law
Wills and Estates
Protected Estates
Family Provision
Select Cases
- Maria Coppola v New South Wales Trustee and Guardian as Administrator of the Estate of the Late Giuseppina Buda (No 2) [2019] NSWSC 948
- DJ Singh v DH Singh and Others [2018] NSWCA 30 (1 March 2018)
- Estate Hemmes; Cameron v Mead [2018] NSWSC 85 (9 February 2018)
NSW record award of provision - Leary v NSW Trustee and Guardian [2017] NSWSC 1113 (23 August 2017)
Plaintiff’s claim dismissed - Carr v Douglass [2016] NSWSC 854 (24 June 2016)
Successful out of time claim, seeking property be designated as notional estate - Sitki v Sitki; Sitki v Aksoy [2016] NSWSC 1396 (30 September 2016)
Plaintiff daughter’s claim dismissed, plaintiff widow successful - D H Singh & Anor v G K Singh & Ors; D J Singh v D H Singh & Anor; S Dillon v D Singh & Anor; G K Singh v D H Singh & Anor [2015] NSWSC 1457 (2 October 2015)
Multiple probate, family provision and other claims against estate dismissed - NSW Trustee & Guardian; In the Estate of Francis [2014] NSWSC 123 (14 February 2014)
- Church v Mason [2013] NSWCA 481 (24 December 2013)
Probate: knowledge & approval; suspicious circumstances - Coates v Public Trustee [2007] NSWSC 647 (22 June 2007)
Successful claim 16 years out of time, whole estate distributed/notional, by daughter who had been adopted out as young child [member of household/dependant for first 5 years of life] - Maguire v Maguire [2001] NSWSC 1160 (14 December 2001)
Life estate of widow plaintiff replaced by lump sum equal to 80% nett estate
+61 2 8915 2035 
+61 2 9223 4204
gsmith@wentworthchambers.com.au
Greg J. Smith
Barrister
Greg was admitted as a solicitor in 1995 and was accredited by the Law Society of New South Wales as a Specialist in Wills & Estates in 2002. Prior to going to the Bar in 2011, he worked for 14 years as an advocate solicitor specialising in family provision, equity, probate, protected estates and property litigation for various firms simultaneously.
Before that, Greg was a solicitor at the Permanent Trustee Company and before that a Legal Officer at the Public Trustee where he wrote the probate practice and procedure manuals.
From 2012 to 2014, Greg was the Lecturer in the Family Provision subject in the Masters of Applied Laws program at the College of Law. Over the years, Greg has spoken on numerous occasions at various CLE presentations.
Admissions
Admitted to the Bar (New South Wales): 2011
Admitted as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales: 1995
Areas of Practice
Equity and Trusts
Property Law
Wills and Estates
Protected Estates
Family Provision
Select Cases
- Maria Coppola v New South Wales Trustee and Guardian as Administrator of the Estate of the Late Giuseppina Buda (No 2) [2019] NSWSC 948
- DJ Singh v DH Singh and Others [2018] NSWCA 30 (1 March 2018)
- Estate Hemmes; Cameron v Mead [2018] NSWSC 85 (9 February 2018)
NSW record award of provision - Leary v NSW Trustee and Guardian [2017] NSWSC 1113 (23 August 2017)
Plaintiff’s claim dismissed - Carr v Douglass [2016] NSWSC 854 (24 June 2016)
Successful out of time claim, seeking property be designated as notional estate - Sitki v Sitki; Sitki v Aksoy [2016] NSWSC 1396 (30 September 2016)
Plaintiff daughter’s claim dismissed, plaintiff widow successful - D H Singh & Anor v G K Singh & Ors; D J Singh v D H Singh & Anor; S Dillon v D Singh & Anor; G K Singh v D H Singh & Anor [2015] NSWSC 1457 (2 October 2015)
Multiple probate, family provision and other claims against estate dismissed - NSW Trustee & Guardian; In the Estate of Francis [2014] NSWSC 123 (14 February 2014)
- Church v Mason [2013] NSWCA 481 (24 December 2013)
Probate: knowledge & approval; suspicious circumstances - Coates v Public Trustee [2007] NSWSC 647 (22 June 2007)
Successful claim 16 years out of time, whole estate distributed/notional, by daughter who had been adopted out as young child [member of household/dependant for first 5 years of life] - Maguire v Maguire [2001] NSWSC 1160 (14 December 2001)
Life estate of widow plaintiff replaced by lump sum equal to 80% nett estate
+61 2 8915 2035 +61 2 9223 4204
gsmith@wentworthchambers.com.au