Vicky Antzoulatos

Partner

Areas of Practice

Vicky Antzoulatos is a partner at Chambers Russell Lawyers, with more than 25 years’ experience in complex, multi-party commercial litigation and class actions. She is nationally recognised for pioneering consumer, employment, and human rights class actions in the Federal Court of Australia and State Supreme Courts. Combining strategic litigation expertise with strong commercial leadership, she has played a central role in building class action practices, strengthening support relationships, and delivering significant settlements. Her client-first approach reflects a deep commitment to access to justice and ethical advocacy.

Expertise

  • Pioneering class actions, in particular in the consumer, employment, and human rights space.
  • Recognised by leading legal directories including Chambers Asia-Pacific 2026, Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2025 and Doyle’s Guide 2023.
  • Experience leading one of Australia’s largest class action practices by both volume of cases and number of staff.
  • Strategic oversight of class action investigations, viability assessments, and risk management.
  • Deep understanding and management of litigation funder relationships.
  • Delivery of significant class action settlements, negotiated resolutions and class action administrations.
  • Author of Lexis Nexis, “Guide to Consumer Class Actions”, 2026 and numerous other articles and publications on class actions.
  • Regularly sought out by the Australian and international media for class action commentary.

Selected Cases

  • Karpik v Carnival Plc & Anor (NSD 806 of 2020) (“The Ruby Princess” consumer class action over defective services).
  • Mervyn Street v State of Western Australia [2024] FCA 1368 (29 October 2024) (Western Australian Stolen Wages class action).
  • Minnie McDonald v Commonwealth of Australia [2025] FCA 380 (17 April 2025) (Northern Territory Stolen Wages class action).
  • Redland City Council v Kozik & Ors [2024] HCA 7 (class action involving the return to ratepayers of invalid council levies).
  • Elliott-Carde & anor v McDonald’s Australia Limited (VID 726 of 2021) (class action involving failure to provide rest breaks to employees).

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