Hi,
I am a master student in Applied Linguistics. I am here asking for some suggestions.

I just got my dissertation result, but it was not assessed by my supervisor, but the uni handbook says 'the supervisor is the first marker'. He left the uni before the dissertation was finished. I appealed several days ago, but the case was denied by my department and telling me the handbook was just supplementary not formal documentations. Do you think I need to ask a higher level to evaluate this issues? Or it is really common not to have supervisor as the marker? Thanks for your suggestions in advance!

Best,
G