Editing Scientology and law (section)

=== United Kingdom ===
{{See also|Scientology status by country#United Kingdom|Scientology in the United Kingdom}}

''[[Hubbard v Vosper]]'' (1972) was a copyright case involving the book ''[[The Mind Benders (Vosper book)|The Mind Benders]]'' authored by [[Cyril Vosper]] that contained numerous excerpts from Scientology writings. Using the [[fair dealing]] defence, Vosper won his case on appeal.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://uniset.ca/other/cs3/vosper.html |title=Hubbard and another v. Vosper and another, Court of Appeal |date=February 9, 1972}}</ref>

[[Bonnie Woods]], a former member who began counseling people involved with Scientology and their families, became a target along with her husband Richard in 1993 when the Church of Scientology started a leaflet operation denouncing her as a "hate campaigner" with demonstrators outside their home and around [[East Grinstead]]. She and her family were followed by a private investigator, and a creditor of theirs was located and provided free legal assistance to sue them into bankruptcy. After a long battle of libel suits, in 1999 the church agreed in a settlement to issue an apology<ref>[http://www.escapeint.org/legal/apology.htm Apology to Bonnie Woods] from the Church of Scientology and other defendants, June 8, 1999.</ref><ref name="woods-apology">[http://www.newsfrombree.co.uk/apology.htm Text of apology] to Bonnie Woods</ref> and pay £55,000 damages and £100,000 costs to the Woods.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk_news/story/0,,292357,00.html |title=Scientologists pay for libel |first=Clare |last=Dyer |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=June 9, 1999}}</ref>