Now that the question of the competent court has been settled, the next hearing can be held. (Photos: Jingna Zhang and Jeff Dieschburg, editing: @zemotion/Instagram)

Now that the question of the competent court has been settled, the next hearing can be held. (Photos: Jingna Zhang and Jeff Dieschburg, editing: @zemotion/Instagram)

The courts have decided on the procedure: the civil chamber will deal with the plagiarism case in which the Luxembourgish artist Jeff Dieschburg is accused. This is a necessary step before the case can be judged.

In the end, it will be up to a civil chamber to decide whether or not Dieschburg plagiarised the photographer Jingna Zhang, instead of a judge of summary proceedings as initially announced, said a spokesman for the judicial administration. This is a procedural detail, but one that is necessary for the case to move forward.

The Luxembourgish artist had exhibited a work at the Strassen Biennial of Contemporary Art at the end of May thatthe photograph of the Singaporean professional. He received an award of €1,500, and the work was displayed for a price of €6,000. The photographer denounced this plagiarism on Instagram, demanding that the prize money be returned and that the work no longer be sold. For the young Luxembourger, with whom no could be found, it was a simple inspiration.

As a result, the . The hearing that was supposed to take place on 19 September was initially postponed due to illness, he explained. It took place at the beginning of October, but it was "only about procedural matters.” The question was regarding the competent judge, which was decided on Friday 14 October.

A Wednesday in the future

"I pleaded for incompetence [of the original judge, editor’s note], and I got it,” said Dieschburg's lawyer, Gaston Vogel, with satisfaction.

put this into perspective: “The initial summons was explicitly addressed to the right chamber, the civil chamber, but the place and time indicated a hearing of a normal (not civil) summary proceedings chamber. We anticipated and reassigned so that there would be no further discussion, which made it easier for the judge to declare the initial summons inadmissible. Basically, it doesn't change anything.”

So when will the hearing on the substance take place? The date is not yet known. It could take place on Wednesday 19 or Wednesday 26 October, according to Wellens.

This story was first published in French on . It has been translated and edited for Delano.