‘Manny’ Brian Handford was asked to prepare lobster for a child after the family’s private chef went home (Picture: Getty)

A nanny tried to sue a mother after he injured his wrist while making lobster for her son.

Brian Handford, who calls himself a ‘manny’, looked after Yulia Shkop’s eight-year-old on the exclusive Wentworth Estate in Ascot, Berkshire, from September 2020.

But things turned sour in February 2021 when Mr Handford was asked to prepare two live lobsters for the little boy.

The family’s private chef had left the house so Mr Handford turned to YouTube to see how to do it.

But when he pressed down hard on the knife he ended up tearing the scapholunate ligament in his wrist.

It left him needing surgery and completely immobilised him for six weeks. He then needed a course of physiotherapy for a further six weeks.

Mr Handford and Ms Shkop started arguing when she refused to pay for his treatment, saying he didn’t take ‘any personal responsibility’, an employment tribunal heard.

Mr Handford was a live-in nanny for the wealthy family on the Wentworth Estate in Ascot, Berkshire (Picture: Google)

Mr Handford was asked to leave the exclusive estate after the lobster incident (Picture: Google)

The mum moved Mr Handford out of the house, where he had previously dined with the family every night, to a staff cottage on the property in July 2021.

Just two days later, she asked him to leave the premises entirely.

Ms Shkop tried to claim Mr Handford hurt his wrist while swimming in the pool, but the tribunal accepted his version of events.

However, they rejected his unfair dismissal claim, believing Ms Shkop lost her ‘faith and trust’ in him after their disagreement.

The panel said: ‘Fundamentally, Ms Shkop was of the opinion that Mr Handford was arguing too much and ignored, in her view, the generosity she had always offered.

‘This may be classed as a loss of trust and confidence.’

The tribunal also dismissed Mr Handford’s claim for an unlawful deduction of wages.

It ruled in favour of his claim that Ms Shkop breached her requirement to provide an amended written statement of particulars, in relation to being unable to work due to sickness, but concluded he was not due any compensation.

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The nanny needed surgery and six weeks of physiotherapy but an employment tribunal decided he was not entitled to any compensation.