The law on jurisdiction simpliciter of the Ontario Superior Court was set out by the Supreme Court of Canada in Van Breda v. Villages Resort Ltd.. (blaneyscourtsummaries.com)
The majority opinion justifies the need to merge reasonableness simpliciter with patent unreasonableness on now familiar grounds that: (i) the two standards are impossible to distinguish in application, despite good intentions in selecting a «middle ground» standard where pragmatic factors point both for and against judicial deference; and (ii) patent unreasonableness contemplates judicial endorsement of an «unreasonable» administrative decision. (ablawg.ca)
«Consent,» a possible defence to an Assault simpliciter charge, will therefore rarely, if ever, succeed in respect of an allegation of Assault with a Weapon. (cflaw.ca)