2024/11/19 Past precedents can be both helpful and unhelpful. We look upon what happened and accept that what occurred was the result of a sensible and appropriate decision. The thing is, it was sensible and appropriate back then when a set of circumstances were very different. We can encounter problems when we look at a situation in the present and believe a similar decision that worked then will work again. You might need to be a little bit cleverer or imaginative this time!