2. To succeed in his defence, as pleaded, the appellant (hereafter the defendant) had to prove (1) a representation made by Mr Roles and (2) that the representation was false or misleading and induced the defendant to enter into the contract, or alternatively, that the representation became a term of the contract. The defence, as pleaded, did not allege that the representation was made after the contract was made. Nor does the defendant claim that, despite his pleading, his case at the trial was that the representation was made after the contract was formed. If, without objection, he had sought to prove such a claim at the trial, he could not now be held to his pleading ((6) Gould and Birkbeck and Bacon v. Mount Oxide Mines Ltd. (In Liquidation) [1916] HCA 81; (1916) 22 CLR 490 at 517.). However, absent any admission by the respondent (hereafter the plaintiff) that the representation, if made, was made before the contract or, alternatively, became part of the contract, the defendant bore the onus of proving one or other of those elements to make out his defence.