R. v. Sheppard applies in at least some areas of private law, includes claims for damages in tort and contract: see Cojocaru v. British Columbia Women's Hospital and
Health Centre, [2013] 2 SCR 357, 2013 SCC 30; Hill v. Hamilton - Wentworth Regional Police Services Board, [2007] 3 SCR 129, 2007 SCC 41 at paras. 100 - 101; and, at the provincial
appellate level, including: Bunan v. Toronto - Dominion Bank, 2015 ONCA 226 at para. 20 -LRB-»... the test on appeal is whether any deficiency in the reasons has occasioned prejudice to the exercise of [the appellant's] legal
right to an appeal» [internal quotations marks omitted]-RRB-; Maple Ridge Community Management Ltd. v. Peel Condominium Corporation No. 231, 2015 ONCA 520