Publicly-funded legal aid has been approved for three of four Northlanders accused of failing to file income tax and GST returns.
Timothy Meredith, 45, Carol Karl, 50, and Andrew Karl, 42, now have lawyers acting for them but their trial has been adjourned until November.
That is to allow time for their lawyers to get up to speed with the case. Legal aid applications were made on Thursday.
A fourth accused, Thomas Brown, 58, is self represented.
All chose not to make an opening statement to the jury on Tuesday except Brown who said there was never any intention to evade paying tax.