IT system row for Commercial Court

A dispute over a contract to provide a new electronic point-of-sale system between the providers of IT systems for retailers Wincor Nixdorf and Musgrave has been admitted to the fast track Commercial Court list.

Wincor Nixdorf says it was commissioned in 2014 to deliver apoint-of-sale system to grocery retailer and wholesaler Musgrave Ltd, trading as Musgrave Retail partners. It is claimed a master agreement was entered into between the parties in December 2014 in respect of the system.

During the course of these works, Wincor Nixdorf alleges Musgrave repeatedly breached the terms of contract. It says as a result it was “stymied and obstructed” and was unable to deliver the system in accordance with certain project milestones set out in the master agreement.