Saute pan: check Boots stainless steel range, the best saute pan I ever had came from there. No idea about dishwasher capacity, as I've never had a dishwasher.

Will writing -- I could recommend a solicitor in Swansea, who only charges 40 quid and was very tolerant of my requirements, but I suspect that's a little out of your way?

As for slugs, you can try salt across the threshold. It takes a lot, and you have to renew it when it rains, but salt is awfully cheap.