Dolly Brown
Partner
Described by her clients as being detail driven and highly responsive to client needs, Dolly acts for a wide variety of shipowners, operators, charterers, P&I / FD&D insurers, commodity trading companies, transport intermediaries, mining companies and bunker suppliers in disputes arising out of charterparties, bills of lading, vessel sharing agreements, commodity sale/purchase contracts, bunker supply contracts, brokerage / management agreements, ship repair contracts and MOAs. She has become recognised as one of the industry’s ‘go-to’ lawyers for issues such as war risks / geopolitical impacts on charterparties and bunkers / future fuels.
Dolly has a particular focus on Northern Europe and APAC, especially Japan, Korea and China.
Her clients describe her as "always available", "hard working and diligent", "highly organised" and a "strong tactical litigator" with a "focus on and dedication to the needs of the Club and the Members". Her previous background in ship classification gives her a good grounding in ship technical concepts and regulatory frameworks, particularly in relation to the tanker and LNG sectors.
Dolly is noted as a 'Next Generation Partner' in the Legal500 for Shipping in London.
Dolly is a Member of the Intertanko Documentary Committee and a Supporting Member of the LMAA.
services
Experience
Acting in the team for the successful Owners in Unicredit Bank A.G. v Euronav N.V. in defending a claim for misdelivery (2022/2023) (the “Sienna”).
Acting for Charterers in an off-hire dispute arising from a piracy incident in Osmium Shipping Corporation v Cargill International SA (2011) (the "Captain Stefanos").
Frequently advises on war risks, rights and liberties under Conwartime and other forms of war risk clause: Ukraine, Red Sea, Haiti.
Advising on rights and liabilities following loss of containers overboard at Richards Bay.
Advising several major container lines on rights and liabilities under charterparties and vessel sharing agreements.
Handling charterers’ liability disputes for major bulk carrier operators in Northern Europe and Japan.
Advising on live charterparty disputes: off-hire / payment of hire / re-delivery / liens / General Average.
Advising on risk / responsibility for cargo handling / stevedore damage / cargo damage under time and voyage charterparties.
Frequently advises Owners / Charterers / Suppliers in relation to bunker quality disputes and related fuel / energy transition matters.
Advising and lecturing on decarbonisation in shipping: EEXI, CII, EU ETS, LNG dual fuel bunkering, Fuel EU, biofuel supply.
Advising on cargo claims, e.g. inherent vice, shortage, contamination, reefers, ICA apportionment.
Advising on unsafe port claims.
Advising / lecturing on speed and performance claims.
Acting for Charterers in a dispute concerning off-hire; express and implied indemnities under Shelltime 4; and frustration arising out of a detention in Latin America.
Acting for Owners and their P&I Club in a claim for an indemnity under Article III Rule 5 of the Hague-Visby Rules as a result of inaccurate particulars furnished in a bill of lading for the carriage of a cargo of crude oil.