Reece made a bid to adjourn the trial for six weeks, to give himself time to prepare for the case.
This was opposed by the Crown.
The trial has been delayed four times and all adjournments have related to issues of legal representation or applications for legal aid.
Justice Venning declined to delay the start of the trial and instead agreed to adjourn the case for two weeks following the Crown's opening statements.
The break is to ensure Reece has adequate time to prepare Urwin's defence.
The trial will begin again mid-November and is set to continue until the court closes for the year.
Proceedings will re-open in late January and are expected to stretch on into February or possibly March.
Urwin is the second director to be granted legal aid after Roest had his bid for funding accepted in early September.
Petricevic's attempts to obtain legal aid have been rejected.
Although Petricevic was due to represent himself in the trial, it was revealed last week he will be represented by lawyer Charles Cato, despite the former director previously saying he could not afford to pay legal fees.
Cato is not being funded by legal aid.
Petricevic's attempts to secure legal aid were declined because despite being bankrupt, he is a trustee of the R.M. Petricevic Trust, which has considerable assets, and his wife, Mary, and adult sons are discretionary beneficiaries.
A financial report for the year ending March 31, 2009, revealed the trust had a total equity of $5.2 million, owning six rental properties in Auckland which were valued at more than $1 million with mortgage liabilities of $535,000.
Bridgecorp's former chairman, Bruce Davidson, pleaded guilty to 10 charges of misleading investors and was sentenced to 9 months' home detention on Friday. He was also ordered to pay $500,000 reparations, which will be distributed among out-of-pocket investors.
