ROB,
Lipman’s suggestion is for the Beis Din not to be in the room at all, at any time. He propose that it be just women in the room.
And he is suggesting this as lechatichila, not b’dieved.
And how can he be relied on for P’sak himself if it is clear that either he did not look at the teshuvos himself or he did and had no clue what he was reading or intentionally misrepresented what is written therein.