UK Competition Tribunal Approves £92M RoRo Recovery Distribution

The Competition Appeal Tribunal has approved the distribution plan for the £92.75 million total recovery secured by class representative Mark McLaren in the RoRo collective proceedings, described in the reporting as a landmark ruling for the UK collective regime. Because the CAT must scrutinise the mechanism by which recovered damages reach class members, an approval of this kind signals that the proposed scheme — its costs, remuneration and eligibility rules — met the applicable collective-proceedings requirements. Counsel advising in UK competition and damages claims will read the decision as a working template for structuring settlements and contested recoveries that are capable of approval, rather than a distribution that merely had to be negotiated privately. Defendants and insurers with exposure to follow-on claims should watch how the CAT's reasoning on remuneration and administration is used or distinguished in later applications. The excerpt provided does not set out the full reasoning or the terms of the distribution mechanism, so the precise scope of any precedent should be confirmed against the published judgment. Watch for appeals, related applications, and commentary on whether further collective proceedings adopt comparable structures.