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If something is not there, it's not there. Dont always assume "there must be something on it".
Sometimes i think law is subjected to serendipity of luck. You can find a case within 10 mins someday and the someday you might not be able to find it even after spending 10 hours
Always.
2. Most precedents apply to a specific fact situation. Whether it applies to a similar/ opposite fact situation is an inferential based approach, and that discretion is with the courts. So yea a tax law matter where the ratio also provides some share transfer valuation etc may not apply to a normal CCPS issue.
3. Many precedents are conflicted by other decisions by other benches, sometimes lower in hierarchy (death penalty, adoption, divorce etc.). So yea, the truth is judges dont follow the precedent many times, cuz there aint no-one to stop them doing that, so it has to be brought to their notice continually.
Hope this helps.