[5] Smith was educated at Cornwall College, Jamaica and at Lincoln's Inn (London).
[5] Smith served as Assistant Clerk of the Courts in the Resident Magistrate's Department 1940-48.
[6] On his return, he re-entered the Government Service as Acting Resident Magistrate for 6 months in 1956.
Smith was appointed a Crown Counsel in the Attorney General's Chambers, where he served from 1956 to 1962.
[8] He was a member of the Privy Council of Jamaica, which also confers the right to the prenominal style "The Honourable".