After completing his law degree at the
University of Pretoria in 1960, Galgut was admitted as an advocate and practised as a member of the Pretoria
Bar. He was accorded
senior advocate status in 1979 and remained in practice, doing mostly civil work, until appointed as a judge in the Natal Provincial Division of the High Court in 1985. In 2001 he was appointed as Deputy Judge President of the Division, and for three months in each of 2001 and 2004 served as the Acting Judge President. In 2004, having served for 20 years, Galgut elected to go off active service as a judge. Since 2014 he has served as Internal Arbitrator at
Santam Limited. == References ==