Lawyers for radical Jordanian cleric Abu Qatada will return to court later to argue he should be released from prison on bail.
The 51-year-old is being held in a high-security prison while he fights deportation to Jordan where he faces a retrial for plotting bomb attacks.
His application is due to be heard by a senior immigration judge.
His bid to make a final appeal to the European Court of Human Rights failed on 9 May.
The Home Office says Abu Qatada continues to pose a real risk to national security and it will continue to resist any bail application.
Home Secretary Theresa May restarted deportation proceedings in April when she received assurances from Jordan that evidence obtained by torture would not be used against him.
That effectively overturned January's ruling by the European Court of Human Rights that he should not face trial for terrorism on such evidence.
He was sent back to prison on 17 April on the orders of a judge at the Special Immigrations Appeals Commission (Siac).
Custody 'unfair'Mr Justice Mitting was told that Mrs May wanted to deport Abu Qatada "on or about" 30 April which, he said, significantly increased the risk Abu Qatada might abscond.
But the judge said that, if it became clear after two or three weeks that deportation was not imminent, he would consider granting Abu Qatada bail.
BBC home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw said that timetable had slipped because of Abu Qatada's failed bid to appeal to the European court.
Earlier this month, a panel of European judges of the Grand Chamber said his appeal arrived on time - but refused it.
His legal team will say later that the delay, and the prospect of a drawn-out legal process, makes it unfair to keep him in custody.
They also say the political situation in Jordan has worsened in recent months - casting fresh doubt on the UK's ability to deport him.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18230673#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
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