New South Wales Consolidated Regulations New South Wales Consolidated Regulations(cf SCR Part 6, rule 4; DCR Part 20, rule 4; LCR Part 18, rule 4)
The court, at any stage of the proceedings--
(a) may order that any cross-claim, or any question in or arising on any cross-claim, is to be separately tried, and
(b) may direct generally the extent to which the usual procedures at a trial or hearing are to be modified because of the joinder of the cross-defendant.