The closing arguments on behalf of former MP Taito Phillip Field will now end tomorrow following an interruption for legal argument.
Field's lawyer, Paul Davison QC, was expected to finish his address to the 10 jurors today, more than three months after the former Mangere MP's trial on 35 criminal charges began.
But an issue which arose during his address today led to a lengthy legal argument held in chambers which cannot be reported.
Mr Davison resumed his address to jurors this afternoon and expects to finish tomorrow morning.
Justice Rodney Hansen will then sum the case up. The jury is expected to retire to consider its verdict either late tomorrow or on Thursday.
Field faces 12 charges of corruptly accepting work on several of his houses by Thai tradesmen as a bribe in return for immigration assistance he gave them.
He also faces 23 charges of wilfully attempting to obstruct or pervert the course of justice by taking measures to derail investigations into his activity.
Mr Davison said Field never thought the Thai tradesmen were not charging for their work, or that the reason was that they were using that as a bribe.
He also said Field never intended to mislead the government-ordered inquiry into his affairs by Noel Ingram QC or a subsequent police investigation.
