Abu Qatada could be freed after winning his latest appeal against extradition, in a major blow to Home Secretary Theresa May.
The Special Immigration Appeals Commission (Siac) sided with the radical cleric's lawyers who had argued he would not get a fair trial in Jordan.
This is despite the Home Secretary seeking assurances from the country that no evidence gained through torture would be used against Qatada at trial.
Mr Justice Mitting, Siac's president, has now said he is "minded" to release Qatada on bail but will listen to Home Office lawyers before making a final decision.
The successful appeal is the latest twist in a battle that has now lasted more than a decade. The Government will appeal and Mrs May will address the Commons later.
A Home Office spokesman said: "The Government strongly disagrees with this ruling. We have obtained assurances not just in relation to the treatment of Qatada himself, but about the quality of the legal processes that would be followed throughout his trial.
"Indeed, today's ruling found that 'the Jordanian judiciary, like their executive counterparts, are determined to ensure that the appellant will receive, and be seen to receive, a fair retrial. We will therefore seek leave to appeal."
Qatada, once described by a judge as Osama bin Laden's right-hand man in Europe, was allowed to stay in Britain in 1994 but was convicted of terror charges in Jordan in his absence in 1999.
The cleric, who is said to have wide and high-level support among extremists, featured in hate sermons found on videos in the flat of one of the September 11 bombers.
In December 2001, he became one of Britain's most wanted men after going on the run from his home in west London. He was arrested almost a year later and detained in Belmarsh prison.
He has been in and out of jail in the intervening years but was re-arrested in April amid hopes in Government that he could finally be removed from the country.
His legal team lodged a fresh appeal at the European Court of Human Rights but lost, kicking the fight back to the British courts and Siac.
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