Index: /CKEditor/trunk/CHANGES.html
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--- /CKEditor/trunk/CHANGES.html	(revision 5010)
+++ /CKEditor/trunk/CHANGES.html	(revision 5011)
@@ -73,4 +73,5 @@
 		<li><a href="http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/4772">#4772</a> : Fore-color style must be applied within a link instead of wrapping it.</li>
 		<li><a href="http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/4795">#4795</a> : [IE] Press 'Del' key on horizontal line or table result in error.</li>
+		<li><a href="http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/4824">#4824</a> : [IE] &lt;br/&gt;&nbsp; at the very first table cell breaks the editor selection.</li>
 		<li>Updated the following language files:<ul>
 			<li><a href="http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/5006">#5006</a> : Dutch;</li>
Index: /CKEditor/trunk/_source/plugins/selection/plugin.js
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--- /CKEditor/trunk/_source/plugins/selection/plugin.js	(revision 5010)
+++ /CKEditor/trunk/_source/plugins/selection/plugin.js	(revision 5011)
@@ -460,15 +460,19 @@
 
 								testRange.moveToElementText( child );
+
+								var comparisonStart = testRange.compareEndPoints( 'StartToStart', range ),
+									comparisonEnd = testRange.compareEndPoints( 'EndToStart', range );
+
 								testRange.collapse();
 
-								var comparison = testRange.compareEndPoints( 'StartToStart', range );
-
-								if ( comparison > 0 )
+								if ( comparisonStart > 0 )
 									break;
-								else if ( comparison === 0 )
-									return {
-										container : parent,
-										offset : i
-									};
+								// When selection stay at the side of certain self-closing elements, e.g. BR,
+								// our comparison will never shows an equality. (#4824)
+								else if ( comparisonStart == 0
+									|| comparisonEnd == 1 && comparisonStart == -1 )
+									return { container : parent, offset : i };
+								else if( comparisonEnd == 0 )
+									return { container : parent, offset : i + 1 };
 
 								testRange = null;