Maya Grantham
Senior Associate Solicitor
Senior associate solicitor in the prison team
Maya is a senior associate solicitor in the human rights department at Leigh Day. She is a member of the prison team, where she exclusively acts for people who are in prison or who have been in prison.
What the directories say
"Maya gets fabulous results and is very sensible. She is a very intelligent lawyer."
Chambers ranking 2025
What the directories say
She is an excellent solicitor who is very diligent and hard-working. Maya is also very trustworthy and straightforward, as well as being a real pleasure to work with.
Chambers and partners 2024
Legal expertise
Maya’s work includes private law claims for compensation, inquests and public law claims for judicial review. Her work mainly focuses on the areas of healthcare, discrimination and inquests.
Maya qualified as a solicitor in September 2020, having trained in the prison team and worked as a paralegal in the team before that. During her training Maya built particular expertise in clinical negligence and healthcare related claims.
News and blogs
Inquest finds inadequate care contributed to the death of Frazer Williams who took his life at HMP Guys Marsh
Inadequate diagnosis and treatment of Frazer Williams’ mental health condition was among the probable causes of the 28-year-old’s death at HMP Guy’s Marsh, a jury unanimously found.
Guidance for judges sentencing pregnant women changed following annual consultation
New guidance on relevant considerations for judges and magistrates sentencing pregnant and post-natal women has been announced.
HMP Stoke Heath inmate Martin Willis’ death caused in part by lack of precautions by prison and healthcare staff
An inquest jury concluded that 55 year-old Martin Willis took his own life whilst the balance of his mind was disturbed, but that this had been caused in part by inadequate precautions and poor communication by prison staff and healthcare staff at HMP Stoke Health.
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