Halsbury's Laws of Canada – Real Property (2016 Reissue)

Jeffrey Lem, B.Comm., J.D., LL.M., is the Director of Titles for the Province of Ontario. In that capacity, he has responsibility for the Land Titles Act, the Registry Act, the Boundaries Act and the Land Registration Reform Act, as well as portions of other legislation relating to over six million parcels of land in Ontario. He was called to the Ontario Bar in 1989 and admitted to the rolls as a solicitor in England and Wales in 2000. He has expertise in a broad range of sophisticated commercial real estate matters and, before joining the government, participated in the acquisition, disposition, leasing, development and financing of numerous major real estate projects and portfolios in Canada and abroad.

He was the first Canadian lawyer admitted as a fellow to the American College of Mortgage Attorneys, and was also that organization's first Canadian regent. He is certified as a Specialist in Real Estate Law by the Law Society of Ontario, received Martindale-Hubbell's highest rating (AV®) while in private practice, and has been recognized for real estate law in The Canadian Legal LEXPERT Directory, The Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, The Best Lawyers in Canada, Chambers Global Guide to the World's Leading Lawyers for Business and Leaders in their Field, and The International Who's Who of Real Estate Lawyers.

He was a long-standing member of the Executive Committee of the Real Property Section of the Ontario Bar Association. He was an instructor in the real property section of the Ontario Bar Admission Course and was the Director of the Osgoode Hall Law School LL.M. Program in Real Estate Law. He is asked to speak regularly on various topics of interest for several different continuing legal education organizations. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Real Property Reports, Canada's national law reporter on real estate, and remains a prolific writer for various legal journals and magazines, with regular real estate law columns in Law Times and Building Magazine. He also co-authored the Halsbury's Laws of Canada Real Property title.

He is the proud recipient of the Ontario Bar Association's Award of Excellence in Real Estate, the Toronto Lawyers Association's Honsberger Award for dedication to the legal profession, and the Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyer's Lifetime Achievement Award. He is a past president of the Association of Chinese Canadian Lawyers of Ontario, and serves the broader legal community as an elected Bencher of the Law Society of Ontario.

Rosemary Bocska, B.A. (Hons.), LL.B., is an experienced research lawyer who obtained her law degree from the University of Windsor Faculty of Law in 1989. After her call to the Ontario Bar in 1991, Rosemary practised at a well-known employment and labour law firm. She established her legal research practice in 1992 and from 1994 to 2003, she ran her practice while working full-time at LexisNexis Canada as Legal Information Manager in charge of Canadian legal online content. As a research lawyer, Rosemary provides high-quality legal research and writing services in all areas of the law. She is the author or current updating author of a numerous legal publications, including: Ontario Residential Real Estate Practice Manual (LexisNexis Canada,1991-(loose-leaf)); Employment in Alberta (LexisNexis Canada, 2001-(loose-leaf)); Employment in British Columbia (LexisNexis Canada, 2001-(loose-leaf)); Employment in Ontario (LexisNexis Canada, 2001-(loose-leaf)); and Legal Responsibilities of Real Estate Agents (LexisNexis Canada, 2006) eds. 1-4.