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Galbally was one of the first solicitors to practice as a trial advocate without joining the
Victorian Bar. He practiced predominantly in criminal law, but also appeared in coronial inquests, government inquiries, personal injury and medical negligence matters. He defended his first murder case in
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Galbally and O'Bryan with his brother-in-law Peter, a leading personal injury lawyer, after his brother Jack left his firm to pursue a career in state politics. He later served as a member of the Council of the
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Galbally was born in 1922, the eighth of nine children of
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O/Bryan, Peter, "Obituary: Francis Eugene Joseph
Galbally LLB CBE",
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Galbally!: The
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legal firm. He married
Bernadette O'Bryan, daughter of Justice Sir
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