Presenters

Darrell Kake, Partner, Longton Legal
Darrell is a partner at Longton Legal and has conducted court proceedings in NSW, QLD, VIC and the Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea. Darrell is a NSW Law Society accredited specialist in commercial litigation and a member of the NSW Law Society’s Specialist Accreditation Commercial Litigation Advisory Committee. Before his return to NSW, Darrell was previously the equivalent in Queensland. Darrell is an adjunct lecturer in the College of Law’s specialist Masters of Law (LLM) in Commercial Litigation and was an officer in the Australian Army Reserve for over 20 years.


Vicky Antzoulatos, Joint Head of Class Actions, Shine Lawyers
Based in Sydney, Vicky Antzoulatos is the Joint Head of Class Actions. Working with a team of carefully selected legal professionals, Vicky strives to bring justice and recognition to individuals across Australia who have suffered as a result of corporate wrongdoing. "I chose law to be an advocate for social justice." Vicky has a comprehensive understanding of the class actions legal space, with almost 25 years as a legal professional. She appreciates that class actions present a unique interplay between often novel legal issues and procedures designed to protect the interests of various stakeholders. Vicky graduated from Macquarie University with a Bachelor of Laws and was awarded the Lionel Murphy Memorial prize for labour law. She went on to study her Masters of Laws at Sydney University. She was admitted to practise in the Supreme Court of New South Wales in 1999. Since her admission, Vicky has worked almost exclusively in class actions and commercial litigation, including representative proceedings in Australia using Part IVA of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 and its cognates in state jurisdictions. Vicky has conducted significant class actions against public authorities and international corporations in different areas of law including securities, financial services, consumer, employment and social justice. The cases that she has led at Shine Lawyers include cases against Carnival Corporation, the Royal Bank of Scotland, McDonalds and BSA. Vicky has conducted numerous legal education presentations on class actions and is regularly sought out by Australian media to provide comment on industry developments. Outside of class actions, Vicky is passionate about racial and gender discrimination issues that arise in the law. She is proud of her Greek heritage, which gives her a unique insight into communicating with her clients.


Stuart Price, CEO, CASL Management Pty Ltd
Stuart is the CEO and Managing Director of Australian litigation funder CASL, that he and John Walker founded in 2020. Stuart has a financial services, governance and risk, and investment background in the United Kingdom, Australia and the Middle East and has been involved in the litigation funding industry since 2014. Stuart has worked on a number of significant cases including Stolen Wages (QLD) and was instrumental in establishing the Association of Litigation Funders of Australia.