Frankito you are right , he is writing his appeal now. I dont think he is grasping at straws and looking to lay blame and hope they dont read it that way. He says regarding the papers, that tutor told him to take a bit out and swap it for something else when he thought his was better but he listened to tutor. Tutor wrote 2.1 on the papers and other stuff but said lots in the meeting with him. Said they were both v. good . Son submits papers and the marks come back as a 2:2. Will let you know how it goes . Thanks