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How do case law developments influence the dishonesty test?

They have no effect on the dishonesty test.

They refine or redefine the criteria used to judge dishonesty in particular contexts.

Case law shapes how dishonesty is judged by refining the criteria used to decide what counts as dishonest in different situations. While statutes lay out the framework, judges interpret and apply them to real facts, and their decisions update the test to fit particular contexts and evolving norms. Over time, decisions has narrowed or expanded the elements, clarified whether the standard is objective or subjective in a given scenario, and tailored the approach to different offences or fact patterns. This shows that case law evolves the test rather than replacing statutes or forcing a single universal rule.

They replace statutory law with common law.

They standardize dishonesty to a single universal test.