David and Eddy had been friends working together for a long time. Both of them are construction workers. As regard the practice between them, it was David who entered into contracts with the construction companies. Afterwards, the contracts were performed by both of them.All the tools for performing the contracts were supplied and arranged by David. David would pay Eddy his part of remuneration for the performance of each of the contracts before David received the whole contract sum from the construction company.Last month, Eddy suffered injury when he worked on a contracted job on a construction site. Under the law, an employer has to pay his employee compensation if the employee suffers personal injury in the course of performing the employment contracts. David has refused to pay Eddy employee compensation on the ground that they were working together as partners.Required:In relation to employment law, advise Eddy as to his entitlement for employee compensation from David. (10 marks)
